Re: [boost] lexical_cast fate

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-18 03:39:34

Bjorn.Karlsson_at_[hidden] wrote:
>>From: Vladimir Prus [mailto:ghost_at_[hidden]]
>>I've just spend 15 minutes tracking down a bug, which turned 
>>out to be 
>>caused by lexical_cast's inability to handle spaces. This problem is 
>>recognized for more that a year. Hmm... personally, I would 
>>like to see 
>>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boost/files/lexical_cast_proposition/
>>committed *now*, without any review, rather than have this situation. 
>>Thoughts?
> 
> 
> While it's true that the issue has been known for more than a year, the
> proposed new version hasn't. There will be a working version in 1_30_0 (most
> likely the proposition by Terje) - I wish it would have made it into 1_29_0,
> but alas...
> 
> This is an unfortunate situation that has taken way too long to resolve, but
> at least we know that 1_30_0 will contain a lexical_cast that functions
> correctly.

Oh... that's great!

- Volodya