Re: [boost] lexical_cast

From: Kevlin Henney (kevlin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-08-31 10:23:50

In message <4.3.2.7.2.20000831102644.00b7f230_at_[hidden]>, Beman
Dawes <beman_at_[hidden]> writes
>How about a common boost cast library, initially with headers 
>boost/lexical_cast.hpp and boost/cast.hpp?  Names subject to further 
>discussion, of course.  

Sounds good.

>The documentation would continue to be separate, 
>but the library's index.html page would link to the separate docs. To 
>ensure consistency and reduce administrivia, all boost cast components 
>would be formally reviewed together.

In which case, I'd like to raise a consistency question: What should
throwing casts throw? (1) std::bad_cast, (2) something more specific
derived from std::bad_cast, or (3) something else? My preference is for
(2), but there are already casts with (1) as well (including my own).

>I'd also like to see the nested cast namespace removed from cast.hpp.  The 
>advantages are limited in relation to the added complexity and reduced code 
>readability and writeability.

Agreed.
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