David Abrahams wrote:

"Reece Dunn" <msclrhd@hotmail.com> writes:

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Maxim Yegorushkin wrote:

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On 4/11/06, Reece Dunn <msclrhd@hotmail.com> wrote:

I don't like the idea of the user having to convert whichever string he happens to use to std::basic_string just to do the conversion.

whereas, to be more consistent with the rest of the standard library, you would have something like:

T string_to<T>( const std::string & ) T wstring_to<T>( const std::wstring & ) T basic_string_to<T>( const std::basic_string< CharT, CharTraits, Allocator > & )

I'm not sure consistency is a virtue in this case.

You are right! You just need the generic templatized version that takes a basic_string, as well as overloads for C-style narrow and wide strings. - Reece _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/