[boost] Re: lexical cast and locale

From: Martin (adrianm_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-08-01 08:24:05

> You can't control formatting. That's basically the main fact about
> lexical_cast; it's a simple facility for simple tasks.

But I don't want to control formatting. I just want to convert a text 
(e.g. "3.14") to a number in a way that works even if the locale is set to 
decimal comma. Isn't that a simple task?