Re: [boost] to_string(v)

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-01-24 11:48:50

> Why not make the to_string use lexical_cast then?
>
>     template <class V>
>     std::string to_string(V const & v)
>     {
>         return boost::lexical_cast<string>(v);
>     }
>
> and do the specialization for lexical_cast so that users of that also
> can benefit?

Why not make the specialization of lexical_cast use to_string? :-)

What is the difference? The point is that I need a "value to string"
facility, that works, now, on compilers without partial specialization.