...be any other than to have a compiler option for warning you of implicit conversions.

...time option ( -Wconversion) to warn of implicit conversions.

I cannot see such an option in...

...explains. One unpleasant related gotcha is implicit conversions across signedness and comparison of integral types...

...for statically typed languages.

I find implicit conversions to be the most common gotchas I...

...why C++ compilers will warn you about conversions that can be lossy. A lot of...

...Know what the language spec says about conversions (and their order):
    - https://dlang.org/spec...

...s the argument against this?
Why type conversions differ between integral and floating types?
Why...

...function this` to be used for
                    implicit conversions
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Hardware: All
                OS...

...flexible (it can do things like type conversions too) and I'd choose a function...

The function to use for conversions in general is std.conv.to. And really, there...