Re: Bug? std::string promoted to bool???

[U.Mutlu]

crimaniak@googlemail.com wrote on 05/13/2015 08:12 PM:
> среда, 13 мая 2015 г., 5:47:40 UTC+3 пользователь U.Mutlu написал:
> > The 2nd par should be a bool not a std::string. IMO the compiler should
> > generate a warning (actually even an error) about it.
> ...
> > func(S, "X");   // <-- HERE
>
> It is char *, not a std::string.
>
> From docs:
>
> Boolean conversions
>
> Prvalues of integral, floating-point, unscoped enumeration, pointer, and
> pointer-to-member types can be converted to prvalues of type bool.
>
> The value zero (for integral, floating-point, and unscoped enumeration) and
> the null pointer and the null pointer-to-member values become false. All
> other values become true.

But this doesn't cover this special case (char*) here, does it?
Whatever the doc says, it is IMO an extremly dangerous construct.
As such, the compiler should at least give a warning.

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