Re: [boost] Formal Review Request: Boost.String.Convert

Subject: Re: [boost] Formal Review Request: Boost.String.Convert
From: Scott McMurray (me22.ca+boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-02-17 15:11:03

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 14:55, Stewart, Robert <Robert.Stewart_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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> The arguments, whether function or template, would specify the conversion to apply.  For example, to_string<int>(s) could also be written as convert<int>(s).  (Both can be rearranged to take two arguments and return a bool, for example, so the point is merely to eliminate directionality and "string" from the name.)
>

Why is removing directionality from the name a good idea?

It seems like implicit_cast, for example, exists precisely for the
readability gain of being unidirectional instead of using the
bidirectional static_cast.