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[2001:19f0:5:2221::1:3]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id l33-v6si1460884qte.345.2018.10.05.22.06.07 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 05 Oct 2018 22:06:07 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of thiago@macieira.org designates 2001:19f0:5:2221::1:3 as permitted sender) client-ip=2001:19f0:5:2221::1:3; Original-Received: from tjmaciei-mobl1.localnet (unknown [IPv6:2601:1c0:4500:d000:f1f7:a58d:7beb:9a94]) by smtp.macieira.info (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 321B419F4C for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2018 22:06:06 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5df28d28-a2f4-47cd-9da7-49c91ed6d6f4@isocpp.org> X-Original-Sender: thiago@macieira.org X-Original-Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of thiago@macieira.org designates 2001:19f0:5:2221::1:3 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=thiago@macieira.org Precedence: list Mailing-list: list std-proposals@isocpp.org; contact std-proposals+owners@isocpp.org List-ID: X-Spam-Checked-In-Group: std-proposals@isocpp.org X-Google-Group-Id: 399137483710 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.lang.c++.isocpp.proposals:40346 Archived-At: On Friday, 5 October 2018 18:48:32 PDT Johnny Shaw wrote: > While there is value in implicit conversion under some circumstances. > Explicit conversion clearly identifies the intent and eliminates mistakes. > Enforcing a standard that requires explicit conversion to bool, at very > least for a return value, will eliminate possible coding errors. And break a lot of existing code. Because of that, you need to provide strong justification why this should be adopted. -- Thiago Macieira - thiago (AT) macieira.info - thiago (AT) kde.org Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ISO C++ Standard - Future Proposals" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to std-proposals+unsubscribe@isocpp.org. To post to this group, send email to std-proposals@isocpp.org. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/isocpp.org/d/msgid/std-proposals/2016044.EC7RGCoeXV%40tjmaciei-mobl1. .