Re: [boost] Boost review of the Convert library is ongoing

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost review of the Convert library is ongoing
From: Vladimir Batov (vb.mail.247_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-05-16 19:54:07

Vladimir Batov <vb.mail.247 <at> gmail.com> writes:
> alex <alexhighviz <at> hotmail.com> writes:
...
> RE#4: The following is not compiling because of the way it uses enable_if in
> sstream.hpp.
> 
>   boost::cstringstream_converter   cnv; 
>   std::string str = boost::convert<std::string >::from("hello", cnv).value();
> 
> JUSTIFICATION: It's not compiling because applying std::stringstream to such
> a trivial type transformation is wasteful. 
> 
> TODO: Add "char const*->std::string" transformation specialization to
> sstream-based converter.

Hmm, now I am not sure if I agree with my own "justification". :-) What if I
want to apply std::sstream-provided formatting facilities to convert from,
say, a "0xFF" hex string to a decimal string? Is it one of "char
const*->std::string" transformations that you had in mind? I've never
thought of this and never tried... will it even work with std::sstream?