[boost] Re: [format] conversion to string

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-30 10:15:21

Caleb Epstein wrote:

>>   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?

No, it's still too inconvenient for me.

- Volodya