Re: [Boost-users] boost::any and boost::lexical_cast

From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-06-21 12:22:32

AMDG

Chris Ross wrote:
>   When I try to use boost::lexical_cast<int>(anyvar), I get compile
> errors as:
>
>
>   Line 51 of db.cc is:
>
>         int v = boost::lexical_cast<int>(is);
>
>   Can anyone else figure out why the above compile fails?
>   

any does not support streaming, which is required for lexical_cast.

std::cout << is << std::endl;

should give similar errors.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe