On Wednesday, October 12, 2011 03:53:22 bearophile wrote: > Jonathan M Davis: > > int and dchar implicitly convert to one another for better or for worse. > > Personally, I'd prefer that they didn't, but that's the way that it is, > > so I don't believe that this is technically a bug. > > char->int is OK, but int->char is not so OK. This programs (that compiles > with no errors) seems to show a possible source of bugs, so I call this a > design bug, worth fixing: > > > void main(string[] args) { > int x = args.length; > string s = "hello"; > s ~= x; > }
I believe that the primary reasoning for allowing the implicit conversion between int and dchar is so that code like this dchar c = 'a' + 7; doesn't require a cast. So, the primary target is converting to int to dchar. Regardless, when it's come up before, Walter has been very much against changing it. - Jonathan M Davis