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string GeneratorUtils::getRandomID() {
random_generator gen; uuid u = gen();
return u.uuid_to_string(); // ERROR }
It does not accept any to_string() function. Is there a way to convert from uuid to string in C++? (by the way, I can use the other things such as date d, uuid u etc.)
see http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_43_0/libs/uuid/uuid.html#boost/uuid/uuid_io....
one can also use lexical_cast eg: uuid u; string s = lexical_cast<string>(u);
I'll update the documentation to include this example.
By the way. Andy, do you plan to implement to_string() member-function or standalone function? AFAIK lexical_cast has a lot of overhead :(
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