> > One use of -Wconversion is to draw attention to > > int x = 2.3; // warning: be careful, is this what you want? > // this is a potential bug as it is value altering. > > and in an upcoming revision to C++, it is very likely that implicit > conversion that may lose information are just banned outright, see > > http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG21/docs/papers/2006/n2100.pdf > > section "7.1 Can we ban narrowing for T{v}?" on page 27, which > was welcomed at the last C++ committee meeting (at my own surprise, I > must confess, as the committee tends to be conservative).
The union between C and C++, just became smaller and I don't think C++ should be named C++ anymore then. It really needs a rename if this baning of narrowing goes through. -- Pinski
