HACKING: update with comment about casts

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diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index b4a9946b5..a405ab7a8 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ need to stick to in order to get your patch accepted:
 - data/kr-gnome-indent.cfg is provided as a reference config file for the
   uncrustify program to get correct indentation in new files.
 
+- There's no space between a type cast and the variable name.
+
+  Right: (int*)foo
+  Wrong: (int*) foo
+
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