Can we drop casts from float to bool?
Don
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Mon Mar 22 12:43:26 PDT 2010
This issue is inspired by bug 3918.
float f;
if (f) ...
This currently compiles, but if the condition is true, what can you
conclude about f?
Obviously it's not zero, but can it be NaN?
If it's just translated to: if (f!=0) ..., then f could be NaN.
Likewise, if (!f) ... is NOT triggered if f is NaN.
I find that rather unintuitive, and I can't easily invent a case where
it is useful.
As bug 3918 shows, this conversion has never worked properly. Most
existing code that makes use of it is probably broken.
`cast(bool)f` has the same problem. I don't think it should compile.
And compared to `f != 0`, it's very unclear.
This conversion seems to be confusing, bug prone, and not useful. Can we
just get rid if it?
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