On 4 July 2011 10:41, Cedric Roux wrote: > On 07/04/2011 11:07 AM, eric wrote: >> >> Dear advanced g++ programers: >> >> I tried to copy/test a piece simple boost library's lexical_cast >> c++ code from book c++Cookbook, page 122, example 3-2. > > maybe you should ask you question to a boost mailing list? > http://www.boost.org/community/groups.html No, he should just be more careful about copying code and should check it for errors before wasting everyone's time by sending the same question to several mailing lists.