From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-22 12:32:15
AMDG
Mathias Gaunard wrote:
>> and if I see a failure talking about int
>> when I want a null pointer, my first instinct would be to assume it's
>> an overload or deduction error, and just cast it, at which point it
>> will compile.
>>
>
> If you cast, you're dropping type safety, so you're on your own.
> A code that performs casting, outside of low-level coding or a few
> idioms like CRTCP, is a bad thing.
>
??
I don't see how
int* ip = 0;
is less dangerous than
int* ip = static_cast<int*>(0);
The latter is only making what the compiler already does implicitly,
explicit.
In Christ,
Steven Watanabe