Re: Is boost::lexical_cast<>() always bijective?
On Mar 3, 12:27 pm, alex.vino...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mar 3, 8:46 am, Martin York <Martin.YorkAma...@gmail.com> wrote:
// --------------------------------------
template <class From, class To>
bool type_cast (const From& i_from, To& o_to)
{
bool ret = true;
try
{
o_to = boost::lexical_cast<To>(i_from);
}
catch(boost::bad_lexical_cast &)
{
ret = false;
}
return ret;
}
// --------------------------
T1 t1 = <some value>;
T2 t2;
if (type_cast (t1, t2))
{
assert (type_cast (t2, t1)); // does it always succeed?
}
No.
Are there any samples of non-biectivity of boost::lexical_cast<>() ?
[snipped]
Another could be an array (for example, cast from char[] to
std::string). :)
It decays to a pointer when you cast something out of it but you can
never cast that result back into an array.
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