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
namespace where I'd expect all string-related functionality might be logically housed. Dave already mentioned that "Jeff Garland had a really nice set of proposed extensions to std::string that could live in the same space".
[snip] I just wanted to add a general use case/requirement for such a collection of (conversion)facilities. IMHO, these functions need to integrate well with Spirit.Qi (parsing) and Spirit.Karma (generating), while this integration needs to be twofold: a) The boost.string facilities should be able to use Qi/Karma for conversion of arbitrary types b) Qi/Karma currently contain highly optimized conversion routines for numeric<-->string conversions (different integer and floating point types). I would like to see those low level conversion routines moved into Boost.String allowing Qi/Karma to use them. Regards Hartmut