BigInt bool assign

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 12/24/2011 04:33 AM, Don wrote:
> On 24.12.2011 02:30, Derek wrote:
>> On Sat, 24 Dec 2011 09:19:26 +1100, bearophile
>> <bearophileHUGS at lycos.com> wrote:
>>
>>> This is why it's better to avoid casts, not requiring them in the
>>> first place, unless they are useful. In this case I think a cast
>>> introduces more danger than the risks caused by implicit bool->int
>>> conversions.
>>
>> If we assume that explicit casts are required for bool->int conversion,
>> can you show some code in which this could cause a problem?
>
> I think stuff like
> int z += x > y;
> should ideally require a cast. That's a crazy operation.

Love that one...

Andrei