Re: [boost] [Conversion] Practical applications

Subject: Re: [boost] [Conversion] Practical applications
From: gast128 (gast128_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-08-24 08:36:29

Phil Endecott <spam_from_boost_dev <at> chezphil.org> writes:

> 
> Would anyone like to share any practical or motivating applications for 
> the proposed Boost.Conversion library?

I cannot answer for the advanced use, but we are definitely interested in a fast
(locale independent) conversion from int/long/double to string. The good old
sprintf seems to beat the stringstream by a factor 2. This is important when you
do a large export (e.g. million data points) to csv or Excel (e.g. export drops
then from 20 minutes to 10 minutes).