C++ would be a better language if the boolean type did not implicitly convert from int. For example, many novice programmers make the mistake.
if (i = j) dosomething(); // Should be i == j If conversion to boolean required explicit this would all be solved. It would mean all the old code with expressions like "while (p) ... " would need to be changed to "while (p != NULL) ...". But I think the change would be well justified. What about a GCC option to turn off implicit conversion to boolean? I for one will require all code written in this company to use the option. It would save many bugs. Note: C# does this. While I don't like C# - it is one good feature.
