Re: [boost] Re: to_string(v)

From: Joe Gottman (joegottman_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-01-28 21:20:45

----- Original Message -----
From: "brianjparker" <brianjparker_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 10:10 PM
Subject: [boost] Re: to_string(v)

>
> A minor improvement may be to add an overload-
>
> inline
> std::string to_string(const char* in)
> {
> std::string str(in);
> return str;
> }
>
>

   How would this interact with 0?  If we had to_string(const char *) and
then someone called to_string(0), would to_string(const char *) be called?
If so, this could be a problem, because I think that the string constructor
that takes a const char * will crash if it is passed a null char pointer.
Even if it didn't crash, it would return an empty string, not the string
"0".

Joe Gottman