Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #4334: Patch lexical_cast (#4184 + fix to allow casts from string representations of floats to ints)

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #4334: Patch lexical_cast (#4184 + fix to allow casts from string representations of floats to ints)
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-06-11 13:26:43

#4334: Patch lexical_cast (#4184 + fix to allow casts from string representations
of floats to ints)
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  Reporter:  admin@…                     |       Owner:  nasonov                     
      Type:  Patches                     |      Status:  closed                      
 Milestone:  Boost 1.43.0                |   Component:  lexical_cast                
   Version:  Boost 1.44.0                |    Severity:  Problem                     
Resolution:  invalid                     |    Keywords:  float int lexical conversion
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Changes (by steven_watanabe):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => invalid

Comment:

 lexical_cast is not designed to handle this.  I don't think that it's a
 good idea to add special cases.  Also, your implementation is not correct,
 as float (usually) has fewer digits than int.  Even double has fewer
 digits than long long.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/4334#comment:3>
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