Type cast array to cluster

Is there any real difference between the 'array to cluster' function and simply type casting to a cluster?  The image below shows a simple example.  Aside from providing the names of each cluster element, the type cast function automatically sets the cluster size, which is a nice feature when working with a typedef.  I am really wondering whether there is any downside to type casting when the array and cluster elements are the same data type.
Thanks in advance.
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Type Cast man knows where I live, so my opinion is biased.  When I have to make such a conversion, which is practically never, but not equal to never, then I go with the Type Cast.  You hit the biggest points, meaningful labels and the ease of going from six to seven to eleven elements with the Type Def.  When I do this conversion it is typically because I need to do some property magic which arrays do not allow (all elements must share properties except value).  Creating a control from the Array to Cluster function is let's say a Clusterflop, from the Type Cast, exactly what I am looking for.  Besides, that Array to Cluster function obfuscates code, is always left at 9 elements, and otherwise needs to go away, or at least do this:
http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Idea-Exchange/Remove-Default-Behavior-from-Array-To-Cluster/idi-p/17...
First of all, ask yourself if you really should be doing this, if the answer is yes then I say Type Cast.

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