Re: C++ Programming Style
On Apr 3, 3:41 pm, Leigh Johnston <le...@i42.co.uk> wrote:
On 03/04/2011 15:36, James Kanze wrote:
On Mar 31, 10:18 pm, Gerhard Fiedler<geli...@gmail.com> wrote:
Rui Maciel wrote:
In
numeric_type var;
...
assert( !var );
you're testing that the conversion into bool results in false. How do
you know that this isn't what "you" intended to test? For all types
where a conversion to bool is defined in a way that makes sense for this
assertion, it is IMO ok to use it.
Readability is the issue. C++ defines a lot of implicit
conversions, including almost every scalar type to bool. But if
you know what the conversion is that you want, why do you want
to hide it from the reader. "var != 0" is far clearer, since it
says exactly what you are testing for.
Far clearer? You wouldn't write "var != false" if "var" was a bool.
No. There's no implicit conversion involved if var is a bool.
To be honest though I don't recall using implicit conversion
to bool for numeric types but I do use the conversion for
pointer types.
Which is, from what I gather, the recommmendation in the
document initially cited.
Personally, I've thirty years experience with C and C++, and the
implicit conversions to bool still confuse me when I see code
using them.
--
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