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

On 2/18/2014 11:17 AM, Egor Tensin wrote:

Why this works:

boost::lexical_caststd::string((void *) 42UL)

and this throws:

boost::lexical_cast(boost::lexical_caststd::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?