... In response you advise me to drop this practice because you like your naming better.
No, I never said and I never meant that. If it came across that way , I apologize. I said, "it just too limiting and will not work in the long run",
How many people were using your aux::string? I don't think that as many as Boost users out there.
True. aux::string was limited to about two dozen people of various skill levels. Seemed like a good enough indication to me. Point taken though.
... Other participants also suggested better names, like "parse" or "convert". The point is that this name alone brings you the understanding of what the function does. "from" does not.
Yes, 'convert' is well worth considering. It might work both ways as well. Like string s = boost::string::convert(-1); // to string int i = boost::string::convert(str); // from string V.