Re: [Boost-users] boost.uuid typo error

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] boost.uuid typo error
From: Kerry, Richard (richard.kerry_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-11-22 05:33:51

Quickbook appears to be accounting software......
I presume that's not the right one.

I'm generally looking into documentation systems.  Can someone provide the right link to find out more about this Quickbook (which I presume is something to do with documentation).

Appreciatively,
Richard.

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden] 
> [mailto:boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of 
> Andy Tompkins
> Sent: 21 November 2011 22:02
> To: boost.org; boost.org
> Subject: Re: [Boost-users] boost.uuid typo error
> 
> On Monday, November 21, 2011 4:59 PM, "Paul A. Bristow"
> <pbristow_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden] 
> [mailto:boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]] 
> > > On Behalf Of niXman
> > > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 4:34 PM
> > > To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
> > > Subject: [Boost-users] boost.uuid typo error
> > > 
> > > Hello list!
> > > 
> > > In the docmantation for boost.uuid on this link:
> > > 
> http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_48_0/libs/uuid/uuid.html#Strea
m_operators
> > > in the example of usage boost::lexical_cast<> with 
> boost::uuids::uuid:
> > > boost::uuids::uuid u1; // initialize uuid
> > > 
> > > std::string s = boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(u); // 
> <<<<<<<<<<<< must be u1 boost::uuids::uuid
> > u2 =
> > > boost::lexical_cast<boost::uuids::uuid>(s);
> > > 
> > > assert(u1 == u2);
> > > 
> > > I wish that boost documentation was famous as well as Qt 
> documentation ;)
> > 
> > It's just this sort of 'featurette' that Quickbook snippets 
> allow authors
> > to avoid - by including
> > only stuff that compiles (and perhaps also runs).
> > 
> > And if you change the source code, the example changes too - without
> > updating the original test..
> > 
> > You can also easily include snippets of the output too.
> > 
> > Paul
> > 
> > ---
> > Paul A. Bristow,
> > Prizet Farmhouse, Kendal LA8 8AB  UK
> > [phone]  07714330204
> > pbristow_at_[hidden]
> > 
> 
> Thanks.  I will fix the documentation.
> 
> It is on my todo list to change the docs to Quickbook.  It will likely
> be awhile yet, only 
> because I haven't spent the (likely minimal) time to put it on my
> machine and learn it.  It 
> there a small sample that I could start with, instead of starting from
> scratch?  I started 
> with the sample html documentation from boost for what is currently
> there for boost::uuids.
> 
> Thanks again,
> Andy Tompkins
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