Opened 11 years ago
Closed 5 years ago
#6553 closed Patches (wontfix)
Boost.Format - format object implicitly converts to string
| Reported by: | Owned by: | James E. King, III | |
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| Milestone: | To Be Determined | Component: | format |
| Version: | Boost 1.47.0 | Severity: | Not Applicable |
| Keywords: | Cc: |
Description
As discussed on boost-users, it is desirable to have formatter objects implicitly convert to string. This is trivial to enable, and I have attached the modified file. I would hope that this gets accepted into the development branch.
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by , 11 years ago
| Attachment: | format_class.hpp added |
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comment:1 by , 11 years ago
comment:2 by , 5 years ago
Can you describe the use case for this? Would it put the format string into a string?
comment:3 by , 5 years ago
| Owner: | changed from to |
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| Status: | new → assigned |
comment:4 by , 5 years ago
| Resolution: | → wontfix |
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| Status: | assigned → closed |
Closing as wontfix, as the request is not specific enough and untouched for 6 years. The existing mechanism has been around for a while and works. If folks want to revive this is can be done on the mailing list and/or github issues.
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Converting a
formatobject to a string object can be highly convenient, but the two object types aren't conceptually and/or functionally equivalent (or even nearly so). Consider the potential consequences before adding this change. Maybe the conversion operator could use the C++11 "explicit" marker, but I haven't considered if that solution would satisfy anyone.