Re: [boost] [string_ref] Feature requests

Subject: Re: [boost] [string_ref] Feature requests
From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-12-31 06:17:21

On 31/12/12 00:33, Marshall Clow wrote:
> On Dec 30, 2012, at 1:37 AM, Mathias Gaunard <mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>> On 29/12/12 15:33, Daniel James wrote:
>>
>>> Easy conversion to std::basic_string. There's a C++11 explicit string
>>> operator, but that isn't much good for portable code. Something like a
>>> 'string' or 'to_string' member would do the trick.
>>
>> Why not make string_ref implicitly convertible when in C++03?
>
> Because it's an expensive conversion.

But making it implicitly convertible is the closest thing there is to 
explicitly convertible in C++11.

It seems much cleaner than polluting the interface.