Re: [boost] [floating point utilities] Review request

From: Johan Råde (rade_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-01-26 09:47:09

Alexander Nasonov wrote:
> Johan R?de wrote:
>>> Are lower-level functions available to use them in optimized
>>> lexical_cast?
>>>
>> No.
>>
>> What lower level functions are needed for optimized lexical cast?
> 
> something like 
> 
> array<char,N> from_double(double value, char decimal_point, /* other
> args */);
> 
> where N - max length including '\0'.
> 
> double to_double(char const* str, /* other args */) throw(bad_lexical_cast);
> 

What exactly is "optimized lexical cast"?
Is it a new implementation of lexical_cast that does not use streams?
Will it be part of 1.34?
Are there any docs?

--Johan