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

[deadalnix]

On Friday, 20 May 2022 at 16:02:15 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer 
wrote:
>> It implies all implicit conversions should be removed.
>
> No, not at all. bool can implicitly convert to int, char is 
> probably fine also (thinking about the OP of this thread, I'm 
> actually coming around to realize, it's not that bad). I don't 
> like integers converting *to* bool or char (or dchar, etc). 
> That would stop this problem from happening. bool being treated 
> as an integral type is suspect.
>

In fact, it doesn't even require implicit conversion to be 
removed at all. Matching bool in this case really doesn't make 
sense, and even by the letter of the spec I'm not sure this is 
right.

Indeed, one of the constructor in an exact match, while the other 
is an implicit conversion match.