Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #6186: lexical_cast on vs2005 with wchar_t-

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #6186: lexical_cast on vs2005 with wchar_t-
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-12-13 21:18:43

#6186: lexical_cast on vs2005 with wchar_t-
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  Reporter:  anonymous         |       Owner:  apolukhin   
      Type:  Bugs              |      Status:  closed      
 Milestone:  To Be Determined  |   Component:  lexical_cast
   Version:  Boost 1.48.0      |    Severity:  Problem     
Resolution:  fixed             |    Keywords:              
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Comment (by steven_watanabe):

 Replying to [comment:9 cheng.yang <luckyangcheng@…>]:
 > Yes, there is the difference.
 >
 > When wchar_t is defined as unsigned short, your solution still treat
 wchar_t as unsigned short.

 As it should be.

 > But my solution will treat it as the wchar_t, notice that I will call
 bool operator>>(wchar_t& output) { return shr_xchar(output); } in the
 case.
 >

 IMHO, it's much worse to treat unsigned short as wchar_t than to treat
 wchar_t as unsigned short.
 When wchar_t is not a first class citizen, it's impossible to avoid doing
 one or the other.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/6186#comment:11>
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