On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Hartmut Kaiser <hartmut.kaiser@gmail.com> wrote:
As I said, I wrote nonsense with regard to your question. Sorry for the confusion.
When would generate() fail (return false)?
Generate fails either if one of the used generators fail or if the underlying output iterator reports an error.
AFAIK to hex can't fail and in that case a variant that returns std::string would be nicer.
Doesn't it 'return' a std::string? If you dislike the current API a small wrapper function can easily handle that. But just to avoid confusion: what API are you looking for? std::string("61626f6465") --> std::string("abode") or rather: 0x61626f6465UL --> string("abode") (none of which can be easily done with Spirit, btw). Regards Hartmut --------------- http://boost-spirit.com http://stellar.cct.lsu.edu