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Subject: Re: [boost] [review] Conversion review ends today
From: Gordon Woodhull (gordon_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-08-31 16:09:41


On Aug 31, 2011, at 3:42 PM, Vicente J. Botet Escriba wrote:

> Boost.Conversion doesn't allows to choose different conversion for the same type, but neither the functor.

Got it. I think there are two different use cases here:
* want different implementation (coerce vs lexical_cast) - maybe an argument for conversion domains or tags. Wrapping does seem cumbersome.
* need to specify parameters (like radix) - not generic, use a specific conversion library.
 


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