On Fri, Jan 9, 2026 at 11:38 AM Steve Weinrich via Std-Proposals <
std-proposals_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Consider two methods:
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> void interest (double arg1, bool minor);
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> void interest (double arg1, int factor);
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> The call: interest(5.5, 5); is ambiguous because 5 will freely convert to
> a bool.
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No it's not.


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> I was wondering what y’all would think of narrowing this behavior by this
> addition:
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> void interest (double arg1, *explicit* bool minor);
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> Potentially, this could be applied to all arguments:
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> void *explicit* interest (double arg1, bool minor);
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> Thanks,
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> Steve
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