Re: "bool const a( 5 )" in "Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 2010"

From	Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c++
Subject	Re: "bool const a( 5 )" in "Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 2010"
Date	2011-10-09 09:39 +0900
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Paul Brettschneider <paul.brettschneider@yahoo.fr> writes:
> Either treat bools like a normal integer type (with a size optimized for the 
> use as flag, e.g. char for x86, int for RISC) or make the conversion non-
> explicit. But I understand that the reasons for the standard compliant 
> behaviour are historical and this has been discussed at length before. One 
> of the terrible legacy things we have to live with.

Wait, why is it "terrible"?  This conversion seems perfectly reasonable.

-miles

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Re: "bool const a( 5 )" in "Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 2010" Paul Brettschneider <paul.brettschneider@yahoo.fr> - 2011-09-28 20:28 +0200
  Re: "bool const a( 5 )" in "Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 2010" Edek <edek.pienkowski@gmail.com> - 2011-09-28 20:39 +0200
    Re: "bool const a( 5 )" in "Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 2010" Paul Brettschneider <paul.brettschneider@yahoo.fr> - 2011-10-08 11:28 +0200
      Re: "bool const a( 5 )" in "Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 2010" Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> - 2011-10-09 09:39 +0900

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