On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 6:00 AM, Andy Tompkins
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
std::basic_string 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