Re: [boost] [lexical_cast] A suggestion (attn. Alex Nasonov)

Subject: Re: [boost] [lexical_cast] A suggestion (attn. Alex Nasonov)
From: Vladimir.Batov_at_[hidden]
Date: 2009-02-08 21:54:16

> David Abrahams wrote:
> > on Sun Feb 08 2009, Vladimir.Batov-AT-wrsa.com.au wrote:
> > 
> >> Now I get the feeling that people are suggesting/implying we should
> >> leave lexical_cast behind as an interesting-but-not-quite-successful
> >> experiment (which I somewhat agree with) and start fresh free of its
> >> shackles.
> > 
> > That's just my opinion.  And of course, I could be wrong ;-)
> > 
> 
> As someone who originally supported Vladimir's original suggestion, I 
> would say that I agree with the idea of a fresh start.

I understand. However, I feel uneasy about the easy we are planning to 
brush lexical_cast off. That must be very disheartening for Kevlin (the 
author) and Alex (Nasonov, the maintainer). Primarily for Alex as I feel 
he's been putting quite an effort into it lately. Even though I *might* be 
leaning towards a fresh start from the technical point of view, it does 
not feel right morally. Even from purely technical point of view I feel 
Alex'd be best qualified to make the move as I feel it'll be largely 
lexical_cast implementation (at least initially) under a 
different/better/stricter interface.

Alex, are you there? How do feel about it? Could you do it? As you can see 
your effort won't be in vain and already there is quite a support for your 
effort. I really want you to spearhead the effort.

V.