On Monday, 12 November 2018 at 21:38:27 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
On 11/12/2018 8:28 AM, 12345swordy wrote:
The issue that I see is unintended implicit conversation when
passing values to functions that have both int and bool
overloads.
The exact same thing happens when there are both int and short
overloads.
The underlying issue is is bool a one bit integer type, or
something special? D defines it as a one bit integer type,
fitting it into the other integer types using exactly the same
rules.
If it is to be a special type with special rules, what about
the other integer types? D has a lot of basic types :-)
Ok, you don't want to introduce special rules for integers, and
that understandable.
However there needs be a tool for the programmer to prevent
unwanted implicit conversation when it comes to other users
passing values to their public overload functions.(Unless there
is already a zero cost abstraction that we are not aware of).
-Alex
