Type conversion operators

[saur0n]

Why there are no operator int(), operator std::string(), operator bool() and others in Json class?

[Amleto]

Certainly I can see operator bool() being confusing/ambiguous.

[saur0n]

There is possibility to declare these operators explicit.

[j4cbo]

There's no operator bool because there's no obvious meaning for it. Javascript's semantics for truthiness are somewhat subtle (e.g. an empty string evaluates as false, but an empty array evaluates as true) and that's often a source of confusion. Being more explicit with is_null(), bool_value(), etc. makes code easier to read and write.

[j4cbo]

Er, replace "no obvious meaning" with "too many possible meanings" in the above

[saur0n]

But what about other operators (operator int(), operator std::string() etc)?