
30 Mar
2005
30 Mar
'05
7:09 p.m.
From: Caleb Epstein <caleb.epstein@gmail.com>
On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 11:07:08 -0500 (EST), Rob Stewart <stewart@sig.com> wrote:
While your usage might be proven normative and thus could be used to justify adding an implicit conversion, how about another approach? Why not add a non-member function str() or to_string():
The free-function "str" already exists:
Well, there you go. I don't use format, and I assumed Vladimir would have known about and mentioned such a function if it existed. Once again, it is proven that one should not assume! -- Rob Stewart stewart@sig.com Software Engineer http://www.sig.com Susquehanna International Group, LLP using std::disclaimer;