Re: [boost] [SoC][string_cvt] The proposal for string conversions library.

Jeff Garland wrote:

Oleg Abrosimov wrote:

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and if one wants to be very modern ;-) but doesn't concern about symmetry in from_string/string_from usage : double d = 2 + from_string<double>("10.2");

This is fine too. Perfect symmetry isn't really needed.

I agree with Jeff. The string_from differs from the from_string in a fundamenal way: the former _accepts_ arguments of different types while the latter _returns_ different types. You can't overload on return types in C++. Why do you require a symmetry for asymmetrical functions? -- Alexander Nasonov Project Manager http://www.akmosoft.com