Re: [boost] [lexical_cast] performace patch

From: Paul A Bristow (pbristow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-07 06:20:13

|  -----Original Message-----
|  From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden] 
|  [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Alexander Nasonov
|  Sent: 07 July 2006 10:19
|  To: boost_at_[hidden]
|  Subject: Re: [boost] [lexical_cast] performace patch
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|  >It would be nice at the same time if you could ensure that
|  > lexical_cast doesn't produce a blizzard of warnings if 
|  > compiled in "strict" mode (MS level 4).
|  OK, I'll check it.
|  
|  >I also note that the expression for calculating the precision is
|  > STILL wrong and will fail loopback tests, and especially annoying
|  > to serious with serialisation.  I thought this had been corrected
|  > at 1.34.
|  I remember this problem. It is next in my list of lexical_cast
improvements.

:-)

| Not sure that loopback test is solvable, though.

Problem is iostream library writers' problem reading digits into streams,
not lexical_cast

 - and only a problem with those which are a tiny bit broken (EG MSVC).

Thanks

Paul
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