Implicit enum conversions are a stupid PITA

[Adam D. Ruppe]

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 09:10:09PM -0400, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> Supporting it means it will "silently and disastrously break code" from 
> anyone who tries to use a leading zero

This is why I'd like them banned. Sometimes I write things like

switch(a) {
	case 143: do something; break;
	case 642: do something; break;
	case 011: do something; break;
}

Using the leading zero just because I want it to line up in pretty columns.

It has been a long time since I've actually made this mistake and got bit
by it, but it has happened to me before. I'd feel better if it was a
compile error just to ensure it never happens again.

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Adam D. Ruppe
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