Promotion rules ... why no float?

[Daniel Kozak via Digitalmars-d]

Dne 6.9.2016 v 17:00 Sai via Digitalmars-d napsal(a):

> Thanks for the replies.
>
> I tend to use a lot of float math (robotics and automation) so I 
> almost always want float output in case of division. And once in a 
> while I bump into this issue.
>
> I am wondering what are the best ways to work around it.
>
>     float c = a / b;     // a and b could be integers.
>
> Some solutions:
>
>     float c = cast!float(a) / b;
>     float c = 1f * a / b;
>
>
> Any less verbose ways to do it?
>
> Another solution I am thinking is to write a user defined integer type 
> with an overloaded division to return a float instead and use it 
> everywhere in place of integers. I am curious how this will work out.
Because of alias this it works quite well for me in many cases. However 
one unplesant situation is with method parameters