Avoid or warn on implicit conversion from const char* to bool in GCC












22















Consider the following code:



void foo(bool parameter) {

    std::cout << parameter << "n";

}



int main() {

    foo("const char *argument");

}


I want the compiler to raise a warning when passing const char* instead of bool as a parameter to function foo.



But GCC implicitly converts it. I tried -Wall, -Wextra, and -Wpedantic, but none of these issue a warning. Is there a flag that could catch such an implicit conversion (invalid parameter type)?



Ignore the fact that the function has an argument of type bool, which some may see as bad code style. I can't refactor that part.



The standard just mentions such an implicit conversion will occur:




A prvalue of integral, floating-point, unscoped enumeration, pointer, and pointer-to-member types can be converted to a prvalue of type bool.




I know such behavior is very convenient in if (ptr) statements, but for me, in the case of passing parameters, it is clearly wrong and a source of bugs.






c++ gcc implicit-conversion gcc-warning







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  • 7





    ...and good for bad surprises: If there is a function which accepts std::string and another which accepts bool instead, guess which one is chosen for "const char *argument". (Spoiler alert: yes the second - and it drove me crazy until I got a clue.) ;-)

    – Scheff
    15 hours ago






  • 2





    a bit offtopic, but I am puzzled why you think having a bool parameter would be bad coding-style..

    – user463035818
    15 hours ago






  • 1





    @user463035818 "Uncle Bob said so" could be a good reason. He argues that function with bool parameter never has a single responsibility. Uncle Bob has many strong opinions about coding though.

    – Yksisarvinen
    15 hours ago











  • @Yksisarvinen you mean that there should be a fooTrue and a fooFalse instead? Hum, maybe i could agree in some cases, but not in general, though if Bob said so there must be some truth to it

    – user463035818
    15 hours ago











  • You may have another overload void foo(const char *parameter).

    – Hi I'm Frogatto
    15 hours ago
















22















Consider the following code:



void foo(bool parameter) {

    std::cout << parameter << "n";

}



int main() {

    foo("const char *argument");

}


I want the compiler to raise a warning when passing const char* instead of bool as a parameter to function foo.



But GCC implicitly converts it. I tried -Wall, -Wextra, and -Wpedantic, but none of these issue a warning. Is there a flag that could catch such an implicit conversion (invalid parameter type)?



Ignore the fact that the function has an argument of type bool, which some may see as bad code style. I can't refactor that part.



The standard just mentions such an implicit conversion will occur:




A prvalue of integral, floating-point, unscoped enumeration, pointer, and pointer-to-member types can be converted to a prvalue of type bool.




I know such behavior is very convenient in if (ptr) statements, but for me, in the case of passing parameters, it is clearly wrong and a source of bugs.






c++ gcc implicit-conversion gcc-warning







share|improve this question




















  • 7





    ...and good for bad surprises: If there is a function which accepts std::string and another which accepts bool instead, guess which one is chosen for "const char *argument". (Spoiler alert: yes the second - and it drove me crazy until I got a clue.) ;-)

    – Scheff
    15 hours ago






  • 2





    a bit offtopic, but I am puzzled why you think having a bool parameter would be bad coding-style..

    – user463035818
    15 hours ago






  • 1





    @user463035818 "Uncle Bob said so" could be a good reason. He argues that function with bool parameter never has a single responsibility. Uncle Bob has many strong opinions about coding though.

    – Yksisarvinen
    15 hours ago











  • @Yksisarvinen you mean that there should be a fooTrue and a fooFalse instead? Hum, maybe i could agree in some cases, but not in general, though if Bob said so there must be some truth to it

    – user463035818
    15 hours ago











  • You may have another overload void foo(const char *parameter).

    – Hi I'm Frogatto
    15 hours ago














22












22








22


2






Consider the following code:



void foo(bool parameter) {

    std::cout << parameter << "n";

}



int main() {

    foo("const char *argument");

}


I want the compiler to raise a warning when passing const char* instead of bool as a parameter to function foo.



But GCC implicitly converts it. I tried -Wall, -Wextra, and -Wpedantic, but none of these issue a warning. Is there a flag that could catch such an implicit conversion (invalid parameter type)?



Ignore the fact that the function has an argument of type bool, which some may see as bad code style. I can't refactor that part.



The standard just mentions such an implicit conversion will occur:




A prvalue of integral, floating-point, unscoped enumeration, pointer, and pointer-to-member types can be converted to a prvalue of type bool.




I know such behavior is very convenient in if (ptr) statements, but for me, in the case of passing parameters, it is clearly wrong and a source of bugs.






c++ gcc implicit-conversion gcc-warning







share|improve this question
















Consider the following code:



void foo(bool parameter) {

    std::cout << parameter << "n";

}



int main() {

    foo("const char *argument");

}


I want the compiler to raise a warning when passing const char* instead of bool as a parameter to function foo.



But GCC implicitly converts it. I tried -Wall, -Wextra, and -Wpedantic, but none of these issue a warning. Is there a flag that could catch such an implicit conversion (invalid parameter type)?



Ignore the fact that the function has an argument of type bool, which some may see as bad code style. I can't refactor that part.



The standard just mentions such an implicit conversion will occur:




A prvalue of integral, floating-point, unscoped enumeration, pointer, and pointer-to-member types can be converted to a prvalue of type bool.




I know such behavior is very convenient in if (ptr) statements, but for me, in the case of passing parameters, it is clearly wrong and a source of bugs.






c++ gcc implicit-conversion gcc-warning




c++ gcc implicit-conversion gcc-warning






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asked 15 hours ago









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  • 7





    ...and good for bad surprises: If there is a function which accepts std::string and another which accepts bool instead, guess which one is chosen for "const char *argument". (Spoiler alert: yes the second - and it drove me crazy until I got a clue.) ;-)

    – Scheff
    15 hours ago






  • 2





    a bit offtopic, but I am puzzled why you think having a bool parameter would be bad coding-style..

    – user463035818
    15 hours ago






  • 1





    @user463035818 "Uncle Bob said so" could be a good reason. He argues that function with bool parameter never has a single responsibility. Uncle Bob has many strong opinions about coding though.

    – Yksisarvinen
    15 hours ago











  • @Yksisarvinen you mean that there should be a fooTrue and a fooFalse instead? Hum, maybe i could agree in some cases, but not in general, though if Bob said so there must be some truth to it

    – user463035818
    15 hours ago











  • You may have another overload void foo(const char *parameter).

    – Hi I'm Frogatto
    15 hours ago














  • 7





    ...and good for bad surprises: If there is a function which accepts std::string and another which accepts bool instead, guess which one is chosen for "const char *argument". (Spoiler alert: yes the second - and it drove me crazy until I got a clue.) ;-)

    – Scheff
    15 hours ago






  • 2





    a bit offtopic, but I am puzzled why you think having a bool parameter would be bad coding-style..

    – user463035818
    15 hours ago






  • 1





    @user463035818 "Uncle Bob said so" could be a good reason. He argues that function with bool parameter never has a single responsibility. Uncle Bob has many strong opinions about coding though.

    – Yksisarvinen
    15 hours ago











  • @Yksisarvinen you mean that there should be a fooTrue and a fooFalse instead? Hum, maybe i could agree in some cases, but not in general, though if Bob said so there must be some truth to it

    – user463035818
    15 hours ago











  • You may have another overload void foo(const char *parameter).

    – Hi I'm Frogatto
    15 hours ago








7




7





...and good for bad surprises: If there is a function which accepts std::string and another which accepts bool instead, guess which one is chosen for "const char *argument". (Spoiler alert: yes the second - and it drove me crazy until I got a clue.) ;-)

– Scheff
15 hours ago





...and good for bad surprises: If there is a function which accepts std::string and another which accepts bool instead, guess which one is chosen for "const char *argument". (Spoiler alert: yes the second - and it drove me crazy until I got a clue.) ;-)

– Scheff
15 hours ago




2




2





a bit offtopic, but I am puzzled why you think having a bool parameter would be bad coding-style..

– user463035818
15 hours ago





a bit offtopic, but I am puzzled why you think having a bool parameter would be bad coding-style..

– user463035818
15 hours ago




1




1





@user463035818 "Uncle Bob said so" could be a good reason. He argues that function with bool parameter never has a single responsibility. Uncle Bob has many strong opinions about coding though.

– Yksisarvinen
15 hours ago





@user463035818 "Uncle Bob said so" could be a good reason. He argues that function with bool parameter never has a single responsibility. Uncle Bob has many strong opinions about coding though.

– Yksisarvinen
15 hours ago













@Yksisarvinen you mean that there should be a fooTrue and a fooFalse instead? Hum, maybe i could agree in some cases, but not in general, though if Bob said so there must be some truth to it

– user463035818
15 hours ago





@Yksisarvinen you mean that there should be a fooTrue and a fooFalse instead? Hum, maybe i could agree in some cases, but not in general, though if Bob said so there must be some truth to it

– user463035818
15 hours ago













You may have another overload void foo(const char *parameter).

– Hi I'm Frogatto
15 hours ago





You may have another overload void foo(const char *parameter).

– Hi I'm Frogatto
15 hours ago












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You could declare an overload of foo for pointers as deleted:



template <class T>

void foo(T*) = delete;


Or better yet, as @Ted comments, simply declare a vanilla overload to not compile any implicit conversions:



template <class T>

void foo(T) = delete;





share|improve this answer





















  • 2





    Not wrong but in a real world example these are probably (multiple) functions (maybe even from other files/sources) and that could make this seem quite exhausting.

    – Stack Danny
    15 hours ago






  • 3





    Starting from C++11, you shoul actually declare it as deleted… this will generate earlier and more meaningful error messages. Alternatively, declare it with a body that raises a static_assert if T is not bool (template is ill-formed if it always raises a static_assert, that's the only reason for this check).

    – Arne Vogel
    15 hours ago






  • 2





    ... or just void foo(T) = delete; to delete all implicit conversions.

    – Ted Lyngmo
    14 hours ago



















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I want the compiler to raise a warning when passing const char* instead of bool as a parameter to function foo. ... I tried -Wall, -Wextra, and -Wpedantic




You need to add -Wconversion to your compiler flags. Note that seems to work with clang (recent or older version), but not with gcc.



If this triggers too many warnings that you don't want to handle, you can selectively enable -Wstring-conversion (clang only).






share|improve this answer





















  • 1





    I tried but without luck: Live Demo on coliru. Did I oversee something?

    – Scheff
    15 hours ago






  • 1





    @Scheff Weird, it seems to be handled differently in clang and gcc. Updated the answer accordingly.

    – lubgr
    15 hours ago








  • 1





    I just found this The new Wconversion option and in fact the implicit conversion from const char* to bool isn't mentioned at all. Looks like it isn't covered in gcc...

    – Scheff
    15 hours ago











  • @Scheff fwiw also no error/warning for uniform initialization of a bool with a const char*

    – user463035818
    15 hours ago











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You could declare an overload of foo for pointers as deleted:



template <class T>

void foo(T*) = delete;


Or better yet, as @Ted comments, simply declare a vanilla overload to not compile any implicit conversions:



template <class T>

void foo(T) = delete;





share|improve this answer





















  • 2





    Not wrong but in a real world example these are probably (multiple) functions (maybe even from other files/sources) and that could make this seem quite exhausting.

    – Stack Danny
    15 hours ago






  • 3





    Starting from C++11, you shoul actually declare it as deleted… this will generate earlier and more meaningful error messages. Alternatively, declare it with a body that raises a static_assert if T is not bool (template is ill-formed if it always raises a static_assert, that's the only reason for this check).

    – Arne Vogel
    15 hours ago






  • 2





    ... or just void foo(T) = delete; to delete all implicit conversions.

    – Ted Lyngmo
    14 hours ago
















25














You could declare an overload of foo for pointers as deleted:



template <class T>

void foo(T*) = delete;


Or better yet, as @Ted comments, simply declare a vanilla overload to not compile any implicit conversions:



template <class T>

void foo(T) = delete;





share|improve this answer





















  • 2





    Not wrong but in a real world example these are probably (multiple) functions (maybe even from other files/sources) and that could make this seem quite exhausting.

    – Stack Danny
    15 hours ago






  • 3





    Starting from C++11, you shoul actually declare it as deleted… this will generate earlier and more meaningful error messages. Alternatively, declare it with a body that raises a static_assert if T is not bool (template is ill-formed if it always raises a static_assert, that's the only reason for this check).

    – Arne Vogel
    15 hours ago






  • 2





    ... or just void foo(T) = delete; to delete all implicit conversions.

    – Ted Lyngmo
    14 hours ago














25












25








25







You could declare an overload of foo for pointers as deleted:



template <class T>

void foo(T*) = delete;


Or better yet, as @Ted comments, simply declare a vanilla overload to not compile any implicit conversions:



template <class T>

void foo(T) = delete;





share|improve this answer















You could declare an overload of foo for pointers as deleted:



template <class T>

void foo(T*) = delete;


Or better yet, as @Ted comments, simply declare a vanilla overload to not compile any implicit conversions:



template <class T>

void foo(T) = delete;






share|improve this answer














share|improve this answer



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  • 2





    Not wrong but in a real world example these are probably (multiple) functions (maybe even from other files/sources) and that could make this seem quite exhausting.

    – Stack Danny
    15 hours ago






  • 3





    Starting from C++11, you shoul actually declare it as deleted… this will generate earlier and more meaningful error messages. Alternatively, declare it with a body that raises a static_assert if T is not bool (template is ill-formed if it always raises a static_assert, that's the only reason for this check).

    – Arne Vogel
    15 hours ago






  • 2





    ... or just void foo(T) = delete; to delete all implicit conversions.

    – Ted Lyngmo
    14 hours ago














  • 2





    Not wrong but in a real world example these are probably (multiple) functions (maybe even from other files/sources) and that could make this seem quite exhausting.

    – Stack Danny
    15 hours ago






  • 3





    Starting from C++11, you shoul actually declare it as deleted… this will generate earlier and more meaningful error messages. Alternatively, declare it with a body that raises a static_assert if T is not bool (template is ill-formed if it always raises a static_assert, that's the only reason for this check).

    – Arne Vogel
    15 hours ago






  • 2





    ... or just void foo(T) = delete; to delete all implicit conversions.

    – Ted Lyngmo
    14 hours ago








2




2





Not wrong but in a real world example these are probably (multiple) functions (maybe even from other files/sources) and that could make this seem quite exhausting.

– Stack Danny
15 hours ago





Not wrong but in a real world example these are probably (multiple) functions (maybe even from other files/sources) and that could make this seem quite exhausting.

– Stack Danny
15 hours ago




3




3





Starting from C++11, you shoul actually declare it as deleted… this will generate earlier and more meaningful error messages. Alternatively, declare it with a body that raises a static_assert if T is not bool (template is ill-formed if it always raises a static_assert, that's the only reason for this check).

– Arne Vogel
15 hours ago





Starting from C++11, you shoul actually declare it as deleted… this will generate earlier and more meaningful error messages. Alternatively, declare it with a body that raises a static_assert if T is not bool (template is ill-formed if it always raises a static_assert, that's the only reason for this check).

– Arne Vogel
15 hours ago




2




2





... or just void foo(T) = delete; to delete all implicit conversions.

– Ted Lyngmo
14 hours ago





... or just void foo(T) = delete; to delete all implicit conversions.

– Ted Lyngmo
14 hours ago













15















I want the compiler to raise a warning when passing const char* instead of bool as a parameter to function foo. ... I tried -Wall, -Wextra, and -Wpedantic




You need to add -Wconversion to your compiler flags. Note that seems to work with clang (recent or older version), but not with gcc.



If this triggers too many warnings that you don't want to handle, you can selectively enable -Wstring-conversion (clang only).






share|improve this answer





















  • 1





    I tried but without luck: Live Demo on coliru. Did I oversee something?

    – Scheff
    15 hours ago






  • 1





    @Scheff Weird, it seems to be handled differently in clang and gcc. Updated the answer accordingly.

    – lubgr
    15 hours ago








  • 1





    I just found this The new Wconversion option and in fact the implicit conversion from const char* to bool isn't mentioned at all. Looks like it isn't covered in gcc...

    – Scheff
    15 hours ago











  • @Scheff fwiw also no error/warning for uniform initialization of a bool with a const char*

    – user463035818
    15 hours ago
















15















I want the compiler to raise a warning when passing const char* instead of bool as a parameter to function foo. ... I tried -Wall, -Wextra, and -Wpedantic




You need to add -Wconversion to your compiler flags. Note that seems to work with clang (recent or older version), but not with gcc.



If this triggers too many warnings that you don't want to handle, you can selectively enable -Wstring-conversion (clang only).






share|improve this answer





















  • 1





    I tried but without luck: Live Demo on coliru. Did I oversee something?

    – Scheff
    15 hours ago






  • 1





    @Scheff Weird, it seems to be handled differently in clang and gcc. Updated the answer accordingly.

    – lubgr
    15 hours ago








  • 1





    I just found this The new Wconversion option and in fact the implicit conversion from const char* to bool isn't mentioned at all. Looks like it isn't covered in gcc...

    – Scheff
    15 hours ago











  • @Scheff fwiw also no error/warning for uniform initialization of a bool with a const char*

    – user463035818
    15 hours ago














15












15








15








I want the compiler to raise a warning when passing const char* instead of bool as a parameter to function foo. ... I tried -Wall, -Wextra, and -Wpedantic




You need to add -Wconversion to your compiler flags. Note that seems to work with clang (recent or older version), but not with gcc.



If this triggers too many warnings that you don't want to handle, you can selectively enable -Wstring-conversion (clang only).






share|improve this answer
















I want the compiler to raise a warning when passing const char* instead of bool as a parameter to function foo. ... I tried -Wall, -Wextra, and -Wpedantic




You need to add -Wconversion to your compiler flags. Note that seems to work with clang (recent or older version), but not with gcc.



If this triggers too many warnings that you don't want to handle, you can selectively enable -Wstring-conversion (clang only).







share|improve this answer














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    I tried but without luck: Live Demo on coliru. Did I oversee something?

    – Scheff
    15 hours ago






  • 1





    @Scheff Weird, it seems to be handled differently in clang and gcc. Updated the answer accordingly.

    – lubgr
    15 hours ago








  • 1





    I just found this The new Wconversion option and in fact the implicit conversion from const char* to bool isn't mentioned at all. Looks like it isn't covered in gcc...

    – Scheff
    15 hours ago











  • @Scheff fwiw also no error/warning for uniform initialization of a bool with a const char*

    – user463035818
    15 hours ago














  • 1





    I tried but without luck: Live Demo on coliru. Did I oversee something?

    – Scheff
    15 hours ago






  • 1





    @Scheff Weird, it seems to be handled differently in clang and gcc. Updated the answer accordingly.

    – lubgr
    15 hours ago








  • 1





    I just found this The new Wconversion option and in fact the implicit conversion from const char* to bool isn't mentioned at all. Looks like it isn't covered in gcc...

    – Scheff
    15 hours ago











  • @Scheff fwiw also no error/warning for uniform initialization of a bool with a const char*

    – user463035818
    15 hours ago








1




1





I tried but without luck: Live Demo on coliru. Did I oversee something?

– Scheff
15 hours ago





I tried but without luck: Live Demo on coliru. Did I oversee something?

– Scheff
15 hours ago




1




1





@Scheff Weird, it seems to be handled differently in clang and gcc. Updated the answer accordingly.

– lubgr
15 hours ago







@Scheff Weird, it seems to be handled differently in clang and gcc. Updated the answer accordingly.

– lubgr
15 hours ago






1




1





I just found this The new Wconversion option and in fact the implicit conversion from const char* to bool isn't mentioned at all. Looks like it isn't covered in gcc...

– Scheff
15 hours ago





I just found this The new Wconversion option and in fact the implicit conversion from const char* to bool isn't mentioned at all. Looks like it isn't covered in gcc...

– Scheff
15 hours ago













@Scheff fwiw also no error/warning for uniform initialization of a bool with a const char*

– user463035818
15 hours ago





@Scheff fwiw also no error/warning for uniform initialization of a bool with a const char*

– user463035818
15 hours ago


















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1 0 I want to set date and time automatically but this error appears when I try to .. I'm using openSUSE, I tried different servers but it didn't work either, help please! It doesn't seem to be a network problem: $ ping pool.ntp.org 64 bytes from 41.78.128.17: icmp_seq=1 ttl=41 time=260 ms To the question of whether ntpd is installed and running: $ ps -C ntpd PID TTY TIME CMD i.e. there's no ntpd process running. $ rpm -qa | grep ntp yast2-ntp-client-3.1.12-1.7.noarch ntp-4.2.6p5-25.2.1.i586 Further information from the comments: $ sudo ntpdate pool.ntp.org 25 Sep 19:41:51 ntpdate[3162]: no server suitable for synchronization found networking kde opensuse ntp ntpd sh...
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ASUS Zenbook UX433/UX333 — Configure Touchpad-embedded numpad on Linux

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0 1 I have an ASUS Zenbook UX433,on which ASUS decided to innovate by embedding a Numpad inside the touchpad (see picture 1). Toggling between classic touchpad mode and numpad (also turns the touchpad LEDs on) can be done through the golden button in the top-right corner of the touchpad. However, on my Manjaro arch Linux config, this behavior does not work by default and I can only use the touchpad, no numpad. Has anyone been able to configure the numpad to work on Linux, or have any idea how this could be achieved? EDIT1: I have had a look at the official Windows drivers for the UX433FA TouchPad, but was not able to make anything of it. I tried installing them on Linux using tools like NDISWrapper, but they do not detect the TouchPad/Numpad hardware, and my understanding of drivers is too limited. ...
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