From 2358926128215639777 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,6a0e273cd04a6fa1 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-01-14 14:45:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!dispose.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: Francis Glassborow Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: new meaning of explicit keyword Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 22:44:42 GMT Organization: Southfield Microcomputer SS Approved: Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++ Message-ID: References: <92ce342f.0201100428.49e3dd92@posting.google.com> <3C3DE3E6.F27385B2@acm.org> <3C3E11E4.E454ABB0@acm.org> <92ce342f.0201110304.3045ea38@posting.google.com> <3C3F961A.AFDD9708@acm.org> Reply-To: Francis Glassborow X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 1011048292 mail2news:4867 mail2news mail2news.demon.co.uk X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Mail2News-Path: news.demon.net!mulga.cs.mu.oz.au X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed User-Agent: Turnpike/6.01-Beta-2-U () Lines: 26 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.std.c++:9041 In article <3C3F961A.AFDD9708@acm.org>, Pete Becker writes >A couple of people have mentioned templates as a reason for having >explicit conversion operators, but so far I haven't seen anyone explain >what this means. How do templates benefit from someone being able to say >"if you want this conversion you must write a cast"? I think you have it the wrong way round. There are times where we need conversion (via conversion operators) for templates. Conversion functions do not cut it because there is no uniform naming convention for them. OTOH I do not want to allow the compiler to use my conversion operator elsewhere for all the many reasons that we know that conversion operators are often poor design. -- Francis Glassborow The Seasons best wishes to you and yours. May 2002 be better for all of us than 2001 was for some. --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.research.att.com/~austern/csc/faq.html ]