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yuconner on 10/05/06


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  1. #include <string>
  2. #include <sstream>
  3.  
  4. template <class T> std::string TToStr( const T &t )
  5. {
  6.     std::ostringstream oss;
  7.     oss << t;
  8.     return std::string (oss.str());
  9. }

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Posted By: jeffhung on January 24, 2008

Why create an extra temporary std::string instance when returning? Isn't the following good enough?

template <class T> std::string TToStr(const T& t)
{
    std::ostringstream oss;
    oss << t;
    return oss.str();
}

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