On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:16:06 +0200
Jacob Carlborg <d...@me.com> wrote:

> On 2012-09-24 15:05, deadalnix wrote:
> 
> > I understand your example, but in it, no (int) are involved. So no
> > conversion have to be done (and you get an error).
> 
> What has that to do with anything. Example:
> 
> auto a = 3;
> 
> There's no mention of "int" in that example, yet "a" is still an int.
> 

Of course there is, it's the default type for the literal you have
there.

> > You see in example above that conversion is done when int is given
> > where (int) is expected or vice versa, not whenever the compiler
> > feels to.
> 
> int b = 4;
> b[0]
> 
> Why isn't that an example of where a (int) is expected?


Because 'b' is neither being assigned to an (int) nor passed into a
template/func parameter that's expecting an (int).

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