On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 10:41:36AM +0100, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > the issue is:
This was not clear from the context. > ostringstream ost; > lyxstring lstr = ost.str(); > ^^^^^ ^^^^ > lyxstring basic_string > > So to make this compile you either: > - use c_str() > - or anoother markup (STRCONV f.ex to make it ugly and tell > _why_ it is there. > - use implicit conversions. but I do not like that because then > it is never shown why the conversion is there and that it is ugly The first one punishes --without-included-string without need. I'd probably uses the last one unless STRCONV is only needed in a few places (i.e. < 100 times in *.C). Having it everywhere does not help maintenance as it distracts when searching for real problems. I don't think the std::string vs lyxstring issue is important enough to be allowed to scream at me every second line... Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson)
