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From: Andy Little (andy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-25 17:52:00


just a test

                     [boost.png"] Boost Conversion Library

   The Conversion Library improves program safety and clarity by = performing
   otherwise messy conversions. It includes cast-style function = templates
   designed to complement the C++ Standard's built-in casts.

   To reduce coupling, particularly to standard library IOStreams, the = Boost
   Conversion Library is supplied by several headers:
     * The [1]boost/cast header provides polymorphic_cast<> and
       polymorphic_downcast<> to perform safe casting = between polymorphic
       types.
     * The [2]boost/lexical_cast header = provides lexical_cast<> general
       literal text conversions, such as an int = represented as a string, or
       vice-versa.
     * The [3]boost/implicit_cast header provides implicit_cast<> which is
       used when the source type = is implicitly convertible to the target
       type, to force the implicit = conversion. It's less liberal than
       static_cast, which will convert in the opposite direction..
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   Revised Jan 25, 2006

References

   1. file://localhost/tmp/3D"cast.htm"
   2. file://localhost/tmp/3D"lexical_cast.htm"
   3. file://localhost/tmp/boost/implicit_cast.hpp"


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