Implicit enum conversions are a stupid PITA

[Walter Bright]

Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> A: Use octal!"177"
> 
> W: Ugh.
> 
> A (esprit d'escalier): If you don't like the universal notation you 
> invented, who will?


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

that's just hard to beat. A customized syntax is always going to be better than 
a generic one. The octal syntax is used in several widely popular languages, and 
is convenient and looks attractive. It's used a lot in dealing with the unix 
file system.