On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 10:18 PM, Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com> wrote:
on Tue Aug 30 2011, "Jeffrey Lee Hellrung, Jr." < jeffrey.hellrung-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
Your example of converting between boost::chrono objects and boost::posix_time objects is, indeed, a real use case, so thank you. I can imagine other similar use cases, where you want objects from two independent libraries to be interconvertible. But this isn't *quite* what I was looking for. Have you (or do you know someone who has) used the framework provided by Boost.Conversion to utilize conversions in a generic setting (e.g., generic algorithms or data structures)?
I don't think that's an appropriate test for the usefulness of a library. Lots of people who never write templates use std::vector. But if you're not trying to determine utility, I am left wondering about the purpose of your question.
I feel like there's a difference between std::vector and Boost.Conversion, in the sense that Boost.Conversion seems primarily geared toward generic contexts. I'm wondering about what the experience has been with using Boost.Conversion in such contexts. std::vector has plenty of uses (understatement, probably) outside of generic contexts. I could be wrong about the scope of Boost.Conversion, though...
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