Re: [boost] suggestion on assertion macros

Subject: Re: [boost] suggestion on assertion macros
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-12 15:10:54

AMDG

Roland Bock wrote:
> Stewart, Robert wrote:
>> C4800 seems ridiculous.  Writing code using int as a Boolean is 
>> common to C code. Why would VC 9 inflict useless noise when compiling 
>> such code?  Besides, if the variable is int, and it is needed in a 
>> Boolean context, what else would the developer do?  I've seen use of 
>> the conditional operator to avoid that warning.  I suspect that 
>> produces worse code than what is done when "forcing value to bool 
>> 'true' or 'false'."
>>  
> I agree. Still, I hope that static_cast is allowed to remove C4800

Nope.

.\scratch.cpp(20) : warning C4800: 'int' : forcing value to bool 'true' 
or 'false' (performance warning)

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe