Merge pull request #48 from NiceAndPeter/claude/refactor-static-cast-… #53

Job	Run time
Code Quality Checks	58s
Build & Test (gcc-13, Debug)	41s
Performance Regression Check	1m 31s
Build & Test (clang-15, Debug)	50s
Build & Test (gcc-13, Release)	45s
Sanitizer Tests (ASAN + UBSAN)	1m 33s
Build & Test (clang-15, Release)	59s
Build Summary	3s
	7m 20s

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