From: Stéphane Bronsart [mailto:stephane.bronsart@bea.be]
> For me, lexical_cast must be change or clearfully reject/expose the cases where it don't work.

Well, the documentation for lexical_cast seems to need a FAQ section; there are a few issues/questions that keep coming back. I know there is work being done on lexical_cast, and I'll submit this topic and a few other recurring themes to those involved.

Bjorn