*char conversion compiler error? | Was: Re: To Walter, about char[] initialization by FF | CHar

[Unknown W. Brackets]

Eek!  Yes, I would say (in my humble opinion) that this should be a 
compile-time error.

Obviously down-casting is more complicated.  I think the case of chars 
is much more obvious/clear than the case of ints, but then it's also a 
special-case.

-[Unknown]


> Unknown W. Brackets wrote:
>>
>> char c = '蝿';
>>
>>
>> Because that would have failed.  A char cannot hold such a character, 
>> which has a code point outside the range 0 - 127.  You would either 
>> need to use an array of chars, or etc.
> 
> Which, speaking of which, shouldn't that be a compile time error? The
> compiler allows all kinds of *char mingling:
> 
>   dchar dc = '蝿';
>   char sc = dc;     // :-(
> 
>