Re: [boost] construe_cast, call for interest and feedback

Subject: Re: [boost] construe_cast, call for interest and feedback
From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-10-11 14:23:18

On 09/10/2010 13:50, Mathias Gaunard wrote:
> On 09/10/2010 13:42, PB wrote:
>
>> Rather than introducing another casting method, could lexical_cast be
>> reworked internally to build upon Spirit? That way previous
>> investments in lexical_cast will just work faster with no changes,
>> Also, I won't need to stop and think which one I should be using.
>
> The problem is that lexical_cast is a bit different since it takes into
> account C++ locales.

I think the important question is the following:

Do we care about C++ locales support in lexical_cast?
Are people fine scrapping lexical_cast and have construe_cast take its name?