Re: [boost] Re: Re: Re: lexical_cast and gcc 2.96

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-10-18 21:05:21

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From: "Kevlin Henney" <kevlin_at_[hidden]>

> My question is that as this fine-grained approach was not favoured
> before, should we now reconsider its use. In other words, should we
> embrace such an approach more generally, eg for numeric_cast as well?
>
> Kevlin

Was I involved in the decision to remove the type granularity? I don't
/think/ I would have supported it. In any case, I would support reinstating
it now.

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