Re: [boost] boost::lexical_cast string to string problem - Newproposition available

From: Thomas Witt (witt_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-05-27 12:10:28

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On Saturday 25 May 2002 11:05, Mattias Flodin wrote:
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> Just out of curiousity, can you give any examples of where
> such usage would be meaningful?

No, I don't have to. Seriously, the whole point is introducing special cases 
for function template behaviour, as opposed to implementation,  is a bad 
idea. Have you ever dealt with std::numeric_limits<T>::min() in code 
templated on T?

Regards 

Thomas

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