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+from typing import cast as typing_cast
+
+cast = typing_cast
+"""### Midas documentation
+Cast a value to a type.
+
+- **Compile-time**: tells the type checker that the return value has the designated type.
+- **Run-time**: generates assertions to ensure the value can be interpreted as the given type.
+
+---
+<br>
+<br>
+<br>
+
+_**Internal Python documentation**_
+"""
+
+
+unsafe_cast = typing_cast
+"""### Midas documentation
+Cast a value to a type.
+
+- **Compile-time**: tells the type checker that the return value has the designated type.
+- **Run-time**: -
+
+This operation is unsound, use at your own risk!
+
+---
+<br>
+<br>
+<br>
+
+_**Internal Python documentation**_
+"""