-----Original Message----- From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Chambers Sent: Monday, May 02, 2011 5:47 PM To: boost@lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [boost] [convert] Boost.Convert Library Review
I don't have time a proper review (we need *much* longer review periods!), but having just read the docs and followed the discussions, I also mirror these views.
After reading the other reviews of Vladimir's library, I mirror Hartmut's summary:
To summarize: I feel uneasy to suggest accepting this library as it covers functionality which in my opinion belongs into lexical_cast<> in the first place. It is a natural extension of lexical_cast's functionality and for this reason should be merged with lexical_cast instead of being accepted as a separate library. Having two stream based conversion libraries in Boost (which moreover while complementing each other, sometimes expose different behavior) does not make any sense to me.
Does not make much sense to me either - BUT
OTOH, the functionality exposed by convert is much needed and has to make it into Boost somehow.
Strongly agree. We are missing out while trying to find the ideal solution. So I'd favour accepting Boost.Convert, but being prepared to fairly quickly deprecate/supersede it in favour of * A new version of lexical_cast which does take more arguments. and/or * a really slick version using Spirit (GSoC project?). Paul --- Paul A. Bristow, Prizet Farmhouse, Kendal LA8 8AB UK +44 1539 561830 07714330204 pbristow@hetp.u-net.com