Comments on: Implicit to-pointer operators must die! http://aras-p.info/blog/2008/10/09/implicit-to-pointer-operators-must-die/ Random thoughts of a triangle pusher Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:15:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Maverikou http://aras-p.info/blog/2008/10/09/implicit-to-pointer-operators-must-die/comment-page-1/#comment-14104 Maverikou Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:49:34 +0000 http://aras-p.info/blog/?p=223#comment-14104 Oh I found such a thing just a couple of weeks ago. Drove me mad ;) Oh I found such a thing just a couple of weeks ago. Drove me mad ;)

]]> By: baxissimo http://aras-p.info/blog/2008/10/09/implicit-to-pointer-operators-must-die/comment-page-1/#comment-13941 baxissimo Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:39:53 +0000 http://aras-p.info/blog/?p=223#comment-13941 The D programming language uses the convention of thing.ptr in a lot of places where you want to get a pointer. I think it's a nice convention. I would hate having to type .GetPointer() every time I wanted a pointer. I'm sure I'd end up using things like &thing.x to get around having to type that. But .ptr is short and sweet. Just it would probably need to be .ptr() in C++ most of the time. But I agree. I was shocked to find these pointer cast operators in the DirectX sdk when I started playing with it recently. Who did they hire to develop that thing? College freshmen still awe-struck with how cool operator overloading is? The D programming language uses the convention of thing.ptr in a lot of places where you want to get a pointer. I think it’s a nice convention. I would hate having to type .GetPointer() every time I wanted a pointer. I’m sure I’d end up using things like &thing.x to get around having to type that. But .ptr is short and sweet. Just it would probably need to be .ptr() in C++ most of the time.

But I agree. I was shocked to find these pointer cast operators in the DirectX sdk when I started playing with it recently. Who did they hire to develop that thing? College freshmen still awe-struck with how cool operator overloading is?

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