id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc 5494,"lexical_cast(""-1"") fails to throw",Rupert Kittinger-Sereinig ,Antony Polukhin,"The following fails to throw: std::cout << boost::lexical_cast(std::string(""-1"")) << std::endl; output: 4294967295 which looks a lot like static_cast(-1) boost version: 1.45 compiler: g++ (Debian 4.4.5-8) 4.4.5 For my project, this is a serious problem since lexical_cast is used for input validation",Bugs,closed,Boost 1.47.0,lexical_cast,Boost 1.45.0,Problem,wontfix,lexical_cast,