Re: [Boost-users] [uuid] to string problem

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [uuid] to string problem
From: Emil Dotchevski (emil_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-05-11 12:36:05

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 6:00 AM, Andy Tompkins <atompkins_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Hmm, I haven't really given it much thought.  Since it doesn't need to
> be a member function, I would lean toward a standalone function.  Do
> any other libraries have a similar function?  I would likely create:
>
> template <typename C, typename T, typename A>
> std::basic_string<C, T, A> to_basic_string(boost::uuids::uuid const& u);
>
> as well as,
>
> std::string to_string(boost::uuids::uuid const& u);
> std::wstring to_wstring(boost::uuids::uuid conts& u);

+1, unqualified call to to_string is how Boost Exception converts to
string arbitrary objects stored in exception objects. If you use this
form and someone adds a UUID to a boost::exception, it'll appear
correctly in the output from boost::diagnostic_information.

Emil Dotchevski
Reverge Studios, Inc.
http://www.revergestudios.com/reblog/index.php?n=ReCode