Re: [boost] Introduction of numeric_adaptor

Subject: Re: [boost] Introduction of numeric_adaptor
From: Stefan Strasser (strasser_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-11-02 15:26:02

Am Monday 02 November 2009 19:51:34 schrieb Gottlob Frege:
> On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Bruno Lalande <bruno.lalande_at_[hidden]> 
wrote:
> > Example:
> >
> > template <class T>
> > T my_robustness_sensitive_function(T value)
> > {
> >    value /= 2;
> >    T value2 = boost::to<T>("123.0123456789");
> >    return value;
> > };
>

> Not sure about the to<> - it is a bit small/ambiguous to not have a
> namespace.

what's wrong with lexical_cast?
it would put the requirement of operator<< on the number type T, but I don't 
see how that is worse than specializing a new boost::to template for each 
number type.
a number type T most likely supports streaming anyway, and lexical_cast is 
implemented by streaming from a std::stringstream