Re: what is meant by ?

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In article <#YYLaNNQFHA.1176@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
fhickman_NOSP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...

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> >> int j= (int)some_class_that_implements_the_int_cast_operator;
> >
> > Well - you surely did not want that C-style cast there, did you?

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> Sure I did, how else would the example have been written? Or would using
> static_cast have pleased you more? ;)

A cast operator supports implicit casts, so this could be written as:

int j = some_class_that_implements_the_int_cast_operator;

Proxy classes use this behavior heavily. Nicely enough, it "uses up"
the one implicit cast allowed on any particular item, so any other
conversion must be explicit.

--
Later,
Jerry.

The universe is a figment of its own imagination.
.

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