Re: [boost] [lexical_cast] specializing

From: Maxim Yegorushkin (e-maxim_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-22 00:51:46

On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 11:52:06 +0400, Alexander Nasonov  
<alnsn-boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Maxim Yegorushkin <e-maxim <at> yandex.ru> writes:
>
>>
>> I'd like to be able to specialize lexical_cast for certain  
>> source->target
>> conversions. With its current design I see no possibility to do that as
>> function templates can not be partially specialized. Are the any plans  
>> to
>> change that?
>>
>
> Are you suggesting to move in numeric/conversion direction?
> http://www.boost.org/libs/numeric/conversion/doc/index.htmlx

Probably not.

I most interested in fast string -> integer conversions. If I got it  
right, the Numeric Conversion Library was created with some other intent.

-- 
Maxim Yegorushkin