Re: [boost] [conversion] try_lexical_cast and 200$

Subject: Re: [boost] [conversion] try_lexical_cast and 200$
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-12-11 16:27:27

AMDG

On 12/11/2013 12:36 PM, Antony Polukhin wrote:
> There is a bounty for implementing a `try_lexical_cast` from Facebook:
> https://www.bountysource.com/issues/1352296-exceptionless-lexical_cast
> 
> Because of that three questions arise:
> 
> * Is there some official policy for "feature implementation sponsorship"?
> 
> * `try_lexical_cast` must be added or not?

There's no necessity either way.  You're the
maintainer, right?  Personally, I'm a bit unhappy
about this trend of creating parallel API's
that throw or report an error in some other way.

> And if yes, what signature is
> preffered:
> 
> bool try_lexical_cast<Out, In>(Out&, const In&)
> bool try_lexical_cast<Out, In>(const In&, Out&)
> boost::optional<Out> try_lexical_cast<Out, In>(const In&)
> 
> * Is there a bank account "for Boost's needs" that is used to do hosting
> payments, conference room rental payments and other support stuff (to were
> those 200$ may be transfered)?
> 

It's handled by the Software Freedom Conservancy.
(nit: it's $200, not 200$)

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe