Implicit « Cast « C Q&A

1. C: Implicit casting and interger overflowing in the evaluation of expressions    stackoverflow.com

Lets take the code

int a, b, c;
...
if ((a + b) > C)

2. lack of implicit casting to T* and boost::shared_ptr::get()    bytes.com

Does anyone know the reasons for the lack of an implicit casting operator in any greater depth than: A. Automatic conversion is believed to be too error prone. (from the FAQ at the bottom of: http://www.boost.org/libs/smart_ptr/shared_ptr.htm) Can anyone say specifically what about the implicit conversion would be dangerous? I can think of a few things that would require care about usage ...

3. implicit casting    daniweb.com