Re: [Boost-users] lexical_cast question

From: Noah Roberts (roberts.noah_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-27 11:19:58

Hansi wrote:

> I have now made the following declaration:
> 
> boost::lexical_cast<boost::mpl::if_<							boost::is_pointer<typename 
> Value>,
> 	boost::remove_pointer<typename Value>::type,
> 	typename Value>>::type>(newVal);
> 
> 
> It works now for pointers too, but now I have the problem with the char 
> type. First I have made a specialization for this type. Is it here also 
> possible to make only one specialization or have I to provide both for 
> pointer and value?

There is a boost::is_same that you could use for comparing T to char* 
and/or char const*.  I don't think you'll get the behavior you are 
after, but it will let you do what you've set out to do.