id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
6132	lexical_cast with Source = void* broken in 1.48.0	jk_boost_bug@…	nasonov	"Since 1.48.0, lexical_cast<string> does not compile anymore, where the Source type is void*. This worked fine in 1.47.0 and before.

Example:

{{{
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>

int main(int argc, const char **argv) {
  int x = 0;
  void *ptr = &x;

  std::string s = boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(ptr);

  std::cout << s << std::endl;
  
  return 0;
}

}}}

Compiler output:

{{{
..../boost/lexical_cast.hpp: In static member function ‘static Target boost::detail::lexical_cast_do_cast<Target, Source>::lexical_cast_impl(const Source&) [with Target = std::string, Source = void*]’:
..../boost/lexical_cast.hpp:1916:   instantiated from ‘Target boost::lexical_cast(const Source&) [with Target = std::string, Source = void*]’
test.cpp:9:   instantiated from here
.../boost/lexical_cast.hpp:1742: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to a void type

}}}

The problem seems to be that 
sizeof(void) is called
in the calculation of
'const bool requires_stringbuf'
(lexical_cast.hpp:1728)."	Bugs	closed	To Be Determined	lexical_cast	Boost 1.48.0	Regression	fixed