[Boost-users] Re: string/wstring conversion using lexical_cast

In article <CLEKIHLHCHBBNPGGHFMBKEHBCIAA.tony@v-sim.com>, "Tony Djordjevski" <tony@v-sim.com> wrote:

I'm using Boost 1.31.0 with VC++ 7.1 and I'm having some problems converting std::string to std::wstring and back.

You can't do that. lexical_cast from X to Y requires that there is a stream to which X can be written and from which Y can be read. However, string can only be read from basic_stream<char> and wstring can only be written to basic_stream<wchar_t>. However, if you add an operator that can read a wstring from a stream<char>, and one that can read a string from a stream<wchar_t>, then it will work. hth meeroh -- If this message helped you, consider buying an item from my wish list: <http://web.meeroh.org/wishlist>