Support for other number format

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General literal text conversions, such as an int represented as a string, or vice versa

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Support for other number format #20

Closed teeks99 closed 8 years ago

teeks99 commented 8 years ago

C++ supports a few other number formats (for integers) as literals

Hex - 0x1a2b034f, 0X1A2B034F
Octal - 012456780
Binary (C++ 14) - 0b10010

It would be ideal if lexical_cast matches these.

apolukhin commented 8 years ago

This will not be implemented because it's against the basic design of a lexical_cast and it changes the behavior of existing programs.

For more involved conversions, such as where precision or formatting need tighter control than is offered by the default behavior of lexical_cast, the conventional std::stringstream approach is recommended.