On Friday, 7 June 2013 at 20:52:53 UTC, Mrzlga wrote:
- Use the library for it and instead make signed(x), unsigned(x) templates.
I think this is a really strong counterargument and one I'd like to see done, along with other kinds of casts in the library.
> Downsides to this solution: User can't easily grep for 'cast' and find the 'unsigned(x)' template. It should be consistently greppable in the exact same way as other casts. Because it is a cast, so don't hide it.
I would name it cast_to_unsigned or signed_cast or something like that. Then the word "cast" is still there.
Most of phobos uses camelCase so underscores might be weird, but it is a cast, it is supposed to be a little weird, and besides, I can't get C++'s various_casts out of my mind.
