Derek Parnell wrote:
One of the very much appreciated updates here is "Implicit integral
conversions that could result in loss of significant bits are no longer
allowed.". An excellent enhancement, thank you.
Thank Andrei for that, he was the prime mover behind it.
But I am confused as this below compiles without complaint...
-----------
import std.stdio;
void main()
{
byte iii;
ubyte uuu = 250;
iii = uuu;
writefln("%s %s", iii, uuu);
}
-----------
Output is ...
-6 250
But I expected the compiler to complain that an unsigned value cannot by
implicitly converted to a signed value as that results in loss of
*significant* bits.
We tried for a long time to come up with a sensible way to deal with the
signed/unsigned dichotomy. We finally gave that up as unworkable.
Instead, we opted for a method of significant bits, *not* how those bits
are interpreted. -6 and 250 are the same bits in byte and ubyte, the
difference is interpretation.
