On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:41 +1100 Vladimir Batov wrote:

Yes, 'convert' is well worth considering. It might work both ways as well. Like

string s = boost::string::convert(-1); // to string int i = boost::string::convert(str); // from string That would be:

string s = boost::string::convert(-1); // to string int i = boost::string::convert<int>(str); // from string And with that we're almost back at the interface of boost::lexical_cast once again. Also the user might want to convert between std::wstring and std::string, and in C++0x, std::u8string, std::u16string, and std::u32string. Regards, Anders Dalvander