Re: [boost] [rfc] rcpp

Subject: Re: [boost] [rfc] rcpp
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-02-27 17:59:38

AMDG

Daniel Trebbien wrote:
> What is the safe_bool stuff for; or, why have you implemented
> `operator sb_type() const` rather than `operator bool() const` for
> evaluating a `resource` as a `bool`?
>   

This is a common idiom to prevent problems from the fact that
bool can convert to int.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe