Wouldn't it be better to be able to disable implicit conversion completely?

E.g. by declaring

explicit bool (int);
explicit bool (false);

etc.

Rob


On 09/01/2026 16:37, Steve Weinrich via Std-Proposals wrote:
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> 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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> 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,
>
> Steve
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