Re: [boost] [format] conversion to string

From: Caleb Epstein (caleb.epstein_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-30 09:30:15

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:35:12 +0400, Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> While it's generally considered a bad practice to provide implicit
> conversions, I think it would be good to provide such a conversion for the
> boost::format class. Currently, I can't write:
> 
>   string s;
>   s = format("%1%") % 10;
> 
> and need to write
> 
>   s = (format("%1%") % 10).str();
> 
> Maybe it's specifics of my code, but I can count 10 such conversions in a
> single source file. I think that:
> 
> 1. Calling .str() is rather inconvenient.

Is the free-function syntax

   str (format (...))

more palatable?

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