...could be made that would do the conversions, thereby any code broken in this way...

...completely separate from T (i.e. no conversions allowed, except for primitive types) is a...

...key component of the problem is that conversions cause problems. Also, IIRC allowing const ref...

...functions. No value range propagation for implicit conversions. No built-in string support. No built...

...re checking for exact matches, not implicit conversions, and a function intended to work explicitly...

...take special arguments, e.g. in radix conversions an extra argument is passed.

-- 
Configure issuemail...

...think it does very well so. Implicit conversions on function calls is unrecommended in the...

...more fit for a (handy) library about color theory, color space conversions, etc.

Bye,
bearophile

...willing to roll your own object<->string conversions, this would be a start.

-- Chris Nicholson...

You can use the array.ptr "trick" (or exploit):

void main()
{
  immutable int a = 5...