RE: [boost] Re: lexical_cast modification (for signed bug)

From: Bjorn.Karlsson_at_[hidden]
Date: 2002-07-02 13:21:30

> From: Stiphane Bronsart [mailto:stephane.bronsart_at_[hidden]]
[snip]
> I don't say that this solution is magic, nor that it's has to 
> be put in
> boost (or modify lexical_cast) but : lexical_cast has limit 
> and/or bug in it
> 
> signed short i = lexical_cast<signed short>("60000");
>     MUST : give a correct responce (here throw an exception);
> 

The right thing is probably to document it. Throwing an exception is *not*
necessarily the correct behavior, because this doesn't (have to) throw an
exception: signed short i=60000;. Thus, this is not a bug, nor is it obvious
that throwing an exception is desirable. 

Bjorn