BMax Still Implicitly casts TAnything to Byte Ptr

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Gabriel

I complained about this a while ago, and I was sure I read somewhere where Mark or Skid said that it had been or would be changed. Not on my thread, I don't think, but somewhere.

But no, it's still possible :

SuperStrict

Function AFunc(B:Byte Ptr)
End Function

Type TAnything
	Field Something:Int
	Field SomethingElse:Float
	Field SomethingDifferent:String
End Type

Global AThing:TAnything=New TAnything

AFunc(AThing)

or even

Type TAnything
	Field Something:Int
	Field SomethingElse:Float
	Field SomethingDifferent:String
End Type

Global AThing:TAnything=New TAnything
Global B:Byte Ptr=AThing

This is a debugging nightmare. It's so easy to make a mistake because the compiler won't alert you to it.

Now I don't mind if it happens in non-strict, I don't mind if it happens in Strict. I don't even mind if it's possible in SuperStrict as long as it's done with an explicit type cast. But to have TAnything cast to a Byte Ptr automatically is just asking for problems.

I fully accept that this problem only arises if you're a bit stupid ( I am! ) and you're prone to making a lot of stupid mistakes ( That's me! ) but that's what Strict and SuperStrict are for, isn't it? To stop stupid people making stupid mistakes?