https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=96570
Eric Gallager <egallager at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:
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--- Comment #6 from Eric Gallager <egallager at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to M Welinder from comment #2)
> > Why? If somebody wants to be explicitly stupid, that's their prerogative.
>
> I agree with the second sentence.
>
> However, casts are not a clear indication that somebody wants to be
> explicitly stupid, at least not in C++. If you were looking for such an
> indication, my int(int64_t(...)) suggestion is probably closer.
>
> Casts occur also in (e.g.) overload resolution and entirely too often in
> template soup. And in macros too, I guess.
>
This reminds me of bug 69818
