[Boost-users] Re: lexical_cast<string> of type char

Miro Jurisic <macdev@meeroh.org> writes:

In article <CF5A888BE3E8BC41AE0B18ABE60C4D47028DF6AB@cafrfd1msgusr04.itservices.sbc.com>, "DY, JERRY U (SBCSI)" <jd2419@sbc.com> wrote:

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string s2 = lexical_cast<string>((int)c) // s2 = "65"

I would have written int(c) instead of (int)c because compilers perform more useful checking on the constructor than they do on the cast, but that's all.

The two forms are equivalent. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com