David White wrote:
Construct a size_t:
if(i->second.side() == size_t(player_number_)) {
As pointed out to me by Rusty, this function-style syntax is actually
semantically the same as a C-style cast for builtin types. For years I
had thought it was similar to a static_cast, because my copy of "The C++
Programming Language" by Stroustrup said so -- but an errata to the book
clarifies that the notations (T)a and T(a) are equivalent when T is a
builtin type.
Because of this, I would ask that we prefer static_cast, since it offers
better type safety, though I do acknowledge it's rather ugly and am
happy to leave a little room for coder discretion.
Thanks to Rusty for pointing this out.
David
