220 10611 article Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jim Porter Newsgroups: gmane.comp.lang.c++.isocpp.proposals Subject: Re: Overloading std::to_string() with std::string and std::wstring. Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 15:45:07 -0700 (PDT) Lines: 60 Approved: news@gmane.org Message-ID: References: <6d7c0fe0-e061-4d94-8506-d318609ffad3@isocpp.org> Reply-To: std-proposals@isocpp.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_2696_13902833.1399934707488" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1399934725 4873 80.91.229.3 (12 May 2014 22:45:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 22:45:25 +0000 (UTC) To: std-proposals@isocpp.org Original-X-From: std-proposals+bncBDYZZG6PQYFRB5E5YWNQKGQEZKOTZ7A@isocpp.org Tue May 13 00:45:18 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: gclcip-std-proposals@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from mail-yk0-f197.google.com ([209.85.160.197]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Wjyy7-0006w4-02 for gclcip-std-proposals@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 May 2014 00:45:11 +0200 Original-Received: by mail-yk0-f197.google.com with SMTP id 19sf17586122ykq.4 for ; Mon, 12 May 2014 15:45:09 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:message-id:in-reply-to:references :subject:mime-version:x-original-sender:reply-to:precedence :mailing-list:list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type; bh=jUSg+XY2OcabLg4o0EShGHrEAA5683tyYmhUpd1mxnI=; b=Ckup54pVA/U+jxsVRwmu+6/Y8JyyX+IzlWghM+kSUIVMSVotYED0uYFVQmqP/xFVLA Ri735Iye5KjLI7d9TnaQFgua5SX5+GO/a7vqQQLJkUPhZmSTvJguaGu3vZu2Lj0YOV6W IMV+FJ/p3CC5xQp1gGJ7rCDYp3ngW4XWtKp+OY345a8YDGWU3m659eWzoqW/7W0RF2hN Nkt+sUIZZFZrst3mo0ZD6a9yOT+4HS0AONGrjfqIIHpj/pNwnFVpzQT6XZ1Zs9563+ye 2//VdgKNloqzibgk/i1NGDTippCizMjWf42AB7+cmyf2p5n7zdrY5FNLsFCob3ZQ0sfl K6Xw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQn37sjRn/3t1Vpdr5/MpN4f5mIZAQDu6Xg2R8j55E1OQqyuE/2DhH9Jtsh6MPJRxu6H6uwu X-Received: by 10.236.77.194 with SMTP id d42mr13129481yhe.21.1399934709663; Mon, 12 May 2014 15:45:09 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: std-proposals@isocpp.org Original-Received: by 10.182.117.193 with SMTP id kg1ls553463obb.63.gmail; Mon, 12 May 2014 15:45:08 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.182.22.138 with SMTP id d10mr158969obf.7.1399934708240; Mon, 12 May 2014 15:45:08 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <6d7c0fe0-e061-4d94-8506-d318609ffad3@isocpp.org> X-Original-Sender: jvp4846@g.rit.edu Precedence: list Mailing-list: list std-proposals@isocpp.org; contact std-proposals+owners@isocpp.org List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 399137483710 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.lang.c++.isocpp.proposals:10611 Archived-At: ------=_Part_2696_13902833.1399934707488 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Monday, May 12, 2014 1:57:18 AM UTC-5, Chris Ridgway wrote: > > You may be wondering why would anyone want to convert a string into a > string? Story short, generic type handling. > I've done similar things with homegrown stringification functions, and I agree that this is pretty useful. I'm a bit less convinced of the use of converting std::wstring to std::string via std::to_string(), but that's more because I think wstring is a bit of a mess. Fixing that would probably be a long and difficult process, though. - Jim -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ISO C++ Standard - Future Proposals" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to std-proposals+unsubscribe@isocpp.org. To post to this group, send email to std-proposals@isocpp.org. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/a/isocpp.org/group/std-proposals/. ------=_Part_2696_13902833.1399934707488 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Monday, May 12, 2014 1:57:18 AM UTC-5, Chris Ridgway wr= ote:
You may b= e wondering why would anyone want to convert a string into a string? Story = short, generic type handling.

I've done similar = things with homegrown stringification functions, and I agree that this is p= retty useful.

I'm a bit less convinced of the use of converting std:= :wstring to std::string via std::to_string(), but that's more because I thi= nk wstring is a bit of a mess. Fixing that would probably be a long and dif= ficult process, though.

- Jim

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