Implicit enum conversions are a stupid PITA

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 03/25/2010 06:12 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
> bearophile wrote:
>> Nope, here I have suggested to turn leading zeros in syntax errors:
>> http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3837
>
> Right, but that doesn't help those who wish to use leading 0s.

Why do they wish it, how often do they wish it, and why should we 
support the wrong style with an abundance of magic numbers?

Andrei