Re: [Boost-users] [units] How to assign "ft" to an si::length?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [units] How to assign "ft" to an si::length?
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-05-20 01:01:12

AMDG

Terry Golubiewski wrote:
> Yep, that's it.  Sorry.
> I thought they were equivalent.  Hmm.
> Could you please point me to somewhere that explains the difference 
> between implicit and explicit construction?

X x = y;

is defined to call the copy constructor of X.
This requires an implicit conversion from y to X.

X x(y);
does normal overload resolution for the constructor.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe