Should you be able to initialize a float with a char?

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On 5/19/22 2:20 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 5/19/2022 7:33 AM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>> I hope we are not depending on the type system to the degree where a 
>> bool must be an integer in order to have this kind of optimization.
> 
> 
> Does that mean you prefer:
> 
>      a = 3 + cast(int)(b < c) * 5;
> 
> ? If so, I don't see what is gained by that.

No, I find that nearly unreadable. I prefer the original:

     a = b < c ? 8 : 3;

And let the compiler come up with whatever funky stuff it wants to in 
order to make it fast.

-Steve