Subject: Re: [boost] [review] string convert
From: Gordon Woodhull (gordon_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-05-04 19:03:56


On May 4, 2011, at 3:03 PM, Scott McMurray wrote:

> The scary implicit conversions might even make some sense when there's
> no destination type:
> int i = convert(x);

Please read the posts (esp Thomas Heller's and Christopher Jefferson's) about how implicit conversions break template functions and auto. They're more than just scary.