In date-time there are several 'to_string' functions that provide
different ouput formats so a single 'str()' method isn't going
to be enough. As for c_str(), you can use this once you have std::string. From my view there is no point in trying to force
fit this functionality into an inadequate interface. Finally,
by keeping these as free functions dates and times can be used without including I/O headers which the 'to_string' functions use.
I'm not saying replace all the XXXX_string methods with a str() but jshould we have
str() native_file_str() to_simple_str()
or
string() native_file_string() to_simple_string()
just to commonise things.
Filesystem has a string() method. stringstreams use str(). I also agree that boost libraries don't need a c_str() method since this can come from the string() (or str()) method.
Thanks
Russell
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