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Subject: Re: [boost] [Conversion] Practical applications
From: Gordon Woodhull (gordon_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-08-24 16:40:31
On Aug 24, 2011, at 11:31 AM, gast128 <gast128_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> The original post mentioned
> something that it would support T <-> string.
I think Phil was arguing that there are uses for specific conversions like T <-> string but he didn't see the purpose of generic conversions as this library offers.
> Do i correctly understand that there will be 3 Boost libraries
> dealing with string conversion (Boost.Convert, Coerce, lexical_cast).
Convert was withdrawn. Coerce is a speedy-runtime slower-compiling Spirit-based solution, and lexical_cast uses std::iostream.
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