Re: [boost] RC_1_30_0 still broken -- More lexical_cast

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-03-16 21:32:46

At 09:03 PM 3/16/2003, Jeff Garland wrote:

 >On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 17:34:18 -0500, Beman Dawes wrote
 >> I'll go over the do-list again after dinner, but it looks like
 >> almost all problems have been cleared except for this one.
 >
 >I don't know if the Linux results are up to date, but
 >it appears that we have still taken a step backward with
 >lexical cast on gcc 2.95.3.  This is causing a large number
 >date_time tests which compiled and executed correctly with
 >the 1.29 release to fail.
 >
 >Without actually looking at the source it would be my
 >guess that this is related to the fact that the 2.95.3
 >standard library only supported old iostreams and that
 >somehow the lexical_cast work around got lost in the
 >changes.  This is supported by the fact that the same
 >tests work fine with STLPort.  It would be nice if this
 >workaround could be restored before the release even if
 >results in the 2.95.3 version having the 'string' bug.
 >I've attached the details for reference...

OK, lexical_cast goes back on the list.

--Beman