Blair Zajac wrote:
> hwright@tigris.org wrote:
>> Author: hwright
>> Date: Thu Apr 12 09:02:49 2007
>> New Revision: 24557
>>
>> Log:
>> JavaHL: Add implicit type conversion to the C++ Path class, allowing
>> objects of this class to be directly used wherever a const char * is
>> expected.
>>
>> Suggested by: dlr
>
> I don't think this is such a good idea. There's too much magic going
> on here :)
>
> Is the point here just to save some typing?
>
> I would rather have the conversion be explicit. The c_str() method
> also makes it clear on the ownership of the memory. For somebody who
> isn't too familiar with the JavaHL bindings, I would much rather see
> c_str() in the code and immediately know the ownership issues than
> wonder what's going on. Also, with this change, there's no
> documentation on who owns the memory after the implicit conversion,
> one has to check the code.
>
> Also, note that the C++ standard committee deliberately didn't choose
> to have this conversion for std::string, I don't think we should use
> it for Path either.
Whatever the commit was, +1 to this comment. Implicit conversions are a
spawn of all the 9000 demons of the 7 nether hells (or pick your
favourite mythology).
-- Brane
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Received on Thu Apr 12 19:22:53 2007