• Nils Hensel (6/6) May 16 2006 Hi group,
• Jarrett Billingsley (4/7) May 16 2006 Because Walter thinks that implicit non-trivial casts are a Bad Thing (T...

Nils Hensel <nils.hensel web.de> writes:

Hi group,

I have always wondered why implicit casting is disallowed even when a 
class has opCast defined for this cast's type? Isn't it obvious through 
the l-value alone? Why explicit?

Regards,
Nils

"Jarrett Billingsley" <kb3ctd2 yahoo.com> writes:

"Nils Hensel" <nils.hensel web.de> wrote in message 
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 I have always wondered why implicit casting is disallowed even when a 
 class has opCast defined for this cast's type? Isn't it obvious through 
 the l-value alone? Why explicit?

Because Walter thinks that implicit non-trivial casts are a Bad Thing (TM) 
(and in most cases, I'm inclined to agree).