Re: [Boost-users] [lexical_cast] Why isn't boost::lexical_cast bijective?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [lexical_cast] Why isn't boost::lexical_cast bijective?
From: ÷ÉÔÁÌÑ áÓÔÁÐÏ×ÉÞ (gooddocteur_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-02-18 16:55:41

I think we use something like that in that case:
long(boost::addressof(obj))?

2014-02-18 23:24 GMT+02:00 Paolo Bolzoni <paolo.bolzoni.brown_at_[hidden]>:

> Perhaps using the integer value as address?
>
> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 7:28 PM, John M. Dlugosz
> <ngnr63q02_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > On 2/18/2014 11:17 AM, Egor Tensin wrote:
> >>
> >> Why this works:
> >>
> >> boost::lexical_cast<std::string>((void *) 42UL)
> >>
> >> and this throws:
> >>
> >> boost::lexical_cast<void*>(boost::lexical_cast<std::string>((void*)
> 42UL))
> >>
> >> while converting void* to std::string and vice versa works perfectly
> >> using std:: streams?
> >>
> >
> > What is converting a std::string object to a void* supposed to mean?
> >
> >
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