tostr -> convert and some bformat work

[lyx.git] / src / support / tostr.h

diff --git a/src/support/tostr.h b/src/support/tostr.h
index 2e362d91999ab3957d23d8e91cf74f7f89df5c1b..93e1f9a943cedb10831a7459bc39e485751ad9bf 100644 (file)
--- a/src/support/tostr.h
+++ b/src/support/tostr.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
  *
  * \author André Pönitz
+ * \author Lars Gullik Bjønnes
  *
  * Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS.
  *
@@ -15,21 +16,41 @@
 #ifndef TOSTR_H
 #define TOSTR_H
 
+#include <boost/static_assert.hpp>
+
 #include <string>
 
-/// convert things to strings
-std::string const tostr(bool b);
-///
-std::string const tostr(int);
-///
-std::string const tostr(unsigned int);
-///
-std::string const tostr(long int);
-///
-std::string const tostr(double);
-///
-std::string const tostr(std::string const & s);
-///
-std::string const tostr(long unsigned int);
+template <class Target, class Source>
+Target convert(Source arg)
+{
+       // We use a static assert here since we want all instances of
+       // this template to be specializations.
+       BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(bool) == 0);
+       return Target();
+}
+
+template<>
+std::string convert<std::string>(bool);
+
+template<>
+std::string convert<std::string>(char);
+
+template<>
+std::string convert<std::string>(unsigned short);
+
+template<>
+std::string convert<std::string>(int);
+
+template<>
+std::string convert<std::string>(unsigned int);
+
+template<>
+std::string convert<std::string>(float);
+
+template<>
+std::string convert<std::string>(double);
+
+template<>
+std::string convert<std::string>(std::string);
 
 #endif