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		fc417fc802 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sguaba: Hard-to-misuse rigid body transforms for e... Implicit conversions in general are a very common source of bugs. C(++) implicit widening and narrowing and other such things have bitten me quite a few time. Instead of asking "why not allow" you should instead ask "why allow" and only implement such things when there is a compelling case for it.

tantalor 6 months ago [–]

Skill issue?

fc417fc802 6 months ago | [–]

As are memory safety bugs. You still probably ought to use smart pointers unless you have a good reason not to.

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