Andrey Semashev wrote:
Vladimir.Batov@wrsa.com.au wrote:
Based on the previous string-conversion-related discussion that revolved around lexical_cast (started with http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2009/01/147013.php) and Dave's suggestion (http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2009/02/147995.php) I would like to propose to create a new boost::string
I would initially like to see if we can agree on
1) creating boost::string (or some other as descriptive name) namespace;
Could we come up with another name for the namespace? The string namespace looks too general to me and may potentially clash with std::string if "using namespace boost; using namespace std;" is written in the users' code.
And even worse - it would make it very hard to propose the utilities for inclusion in a future language standard. Using names that are already in namespace std is not a good idea, if you have such ambitions. Bo Persson