Implicit enum conversions are a stupid PITA

[BCS]

Hello Adam,

> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 11:45:11AM -0700, Walter Bright wrote:
> 
>> Good point. As I recall, we expended an enormous amount of effort
>> working on template syntax, and I certainly feel that
>> 
>> octal!"177"
>> 
>> is far better than, say:
>> 
>> octal<"177">.value
>> 
>> but when I compare it to
>> 
>> 0177
>> 
> What about O!177?

template O(ulong i)
{
   static if(i <= 7) enum O = i;
   else
   {
      static assert(i%10 < 8);
      enum O = O!(i/10)*8 + i%10;
   }
}

OTOH you cant do:

O!17777777_7777777_7777777;

as that overflows as a base 10 number but not as a octal number.

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