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to_chars(bool) should be deletedSection: 28.2.1[charconv.syn]Status:C++20Submitter: Jens MaurerOpened: 2019-08-23Last modified: 2021-02-25
Priority:0
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Discussion:
28.2.2[charconv.to.chars] does not present an overload forbool(because it is neither a signed nor unsigned integer type), so an attempt to callto_chars with a bool argument would promote it toint and unambiguously call theint overload ofto_chars.
bool is0/1 (as opposed to, say,"true"/"false").The user should cast explicitly if he wants the0/1 behavior. (Correspondingly, there is nobool overload forfrom_chars in the status quo, and conversions do not apply there because of the reference parameter.)[2019-09-14 Issue Prioritization]
Status to Tentatively Ready and priority to 0 after eight positive votes on the reflector.
Proposed resolution:
This wording is relative toN4830.
Modify 28.2.1[charconv.syn], header<charconv> synopsis, as indicated:
[…]// 28.2.2[charconv.to.chars], primitive numerical output conversionstruct to_chars_result { char* ptr; errc ec; friend bool operator==(const to_chars_result&, const to_chars_result&) = default;};to_chars_result to_chars(char* first, char* last,see below value, int base = 10);to_chars_result to_chars(char* first, char* last, bool value, int base = 10) = delete;to_chars_result to_chars(char* first, char* last, float value);[…]