Jeroen Habraken: Type to string conversions, and vice-versa
Channel: CppNow
Date: 2012-06-14

Jeroen's talk from C++Now! 2012

This presentation will explore the different options one has when converting types to strings and vice-versa. From the old atoi and strtol, to the brand new std::stoi as well as solutions provided by Boost such as boost::lexical_cast. We will explore the strengths and weaknesses of each, such as the error handling, fallback mechanisms and locale support.

Next these strengths and weaknesses will be used to introduce boost::coerce, my Google's Summer of Code project, and the way it complements the existing options. It excels in areas such as speed and extensibility. This will include a quick walk-through of the design and how it was reached as well as several examples of how it is used.

If time permits we can look into the customization points and the library its relation to Spirit.
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