[boost] Re: string conversion methods

From: Thorsten Ottosen (nesotto_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-07-06 06:51:30

> It's only minor:
>
> But boost::filesystem and boost::date_time have string conversion
> methods such as
>
> string()
> native_file_string()
> to_simple_string()
>
> where as boost::format (and also stringstreams in the STL) have
>
> str()
>
> I don't know about the other libraries?  Is there a standard for this in
> boost or is it up to the libraries?  Should they be commonised?

Ideally, yes. I would prefer .c_str() for const char* conversion and str()
for std::string

cheers

Thorsten