opImplicitCast/opImplicitCastFrom

[Simen Kjaeraas]

On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:40:44 +0100, Hxal <Hxal at freenode.irc> wrote:

> bearophile Wrote:
>> Unfortunately I think such library solution is nearly useless.  
>> Programmers are lazy, and lot of them even actively resist changes and  
>> ideas that may improve their programs.
>
> Well then, that's their problem, isn't it? I mean, there's no point  
> making their programs better against their will. :P

As was mentioned here, the 'int foo = void;' syntax is an example of the
above, and, I feel, works great. It forces programmers to be explicit about
their intentions, without adding too much overhead syntax. The same could
be said of using int_unsafe instead of int.

-- 
Simen