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Kresimir Fresl <fresl@master.grad.hr> wrote:
>According to proposed standard one should write:
>    ifstream (file_name.c_str());
>because implicit conversion of string to const char* is not defined.

>I agree that implicit conversion is (almost always) dangerous, and I
>_do not_ propose to add conversion operator to string class.

Is there an explanation for why implicit conversion (at least to char
*) is dangerous?  It doesn't seem to me that requiring the member
function call is that much safer, although admittedly it is easier to
grep for.  However, the added complexity of code w/o a conversion
operator seems like it would add almost as many problems.

I checked out the std.c++ faq, and I've read the lang.c++ faq not too
long ago, and I didn't see a reference to this in either.

Andrew Bell
abell@mindspring.com
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