Re: [boost] [Conversion] Practical applications

Subject: Re: [boost] [Conversion] Practical applications
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-08-24 21:59:06

On 8/24/2011 7:34 PM, Jeroen Habraken wrote:
> On 24 August 2011 23:25, gast128<gast128_at_[hidden]>  wrote:
>>> lexical_cast uses std::iostream.
>> Yes we noticed. It has a pretty easy interface, but unfortunately it has the
>> previous mentioned performance drawbacks.
>>
>> We will have a look at Coerce when it gets released.
>
> Coerce can be found at http://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/sandbox/coerce/
> and a copy of the in-progress documentation at
> http://vexocide.org/coerce/. The API should now be stable enough to
> use in production. Any and all feedback is welcome, please don't
> hesitate to contact me with questions.

You should have buildable docs as part of the sandbox distribution. It 
is not that hard to do given that you have quickbook files. Look at 
other sandbox diectories for how to set it up ( my own VMD or TTI can 
show you how ), or look at other Boost libraries for how to set it up.