Re: [boost] Re: Re: lightweight replacement for boost::format

From: John Torjo (john.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-04-22 08:15:32

Edward Diener wrote:

>Jeremy Maitin-Shepard wrote:
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>
>>"Edward Diener" <eddielee_at_[hidden]> writes:
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>>>[snip]
>>>      
>>>
>>>This can probably even be:
>>>      
>>>
>>>std::string msg((std::ostringstream() << "There have been " << users
>>><< "users logged on so far").str());
>>>      
>>>
>>Unfortunately this is not possible, because operator<< returns a
>>basic_ostream reference, not a stringstream reference.
>>    
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>
>OK, I see, Doing an .str() on a basic_ostream reference won't work. Maybe:
>
>std::string msg((dynamic_cast<const std::ostringstream
>&>(std::ostringstream() << "There have been " << users
><< "users logged on so far")).str());
>
>but it begins to look a but ugly.
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>  
>
my point exactly :D

Best,
John