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I was using textual configuration files extensively and was also processing and preparing considerable amounts of data in XML. Consequently, I had a need for an extendible library that would provide a uniform interface to convert various data between their internal binary representations and external (predominantly textual) representations.
      The boost::lexical_cast library (with its orthogonal
      and extendible design) looked very promising compared to others (see The String Formatters of Manor
      Farm by H. Sutter for the discussion of alternatives). Unfortunately,
    
boost::lexical_cast
          requirements (namely, Default
          Constructibility);
        
      The original hope was to see boost::lexical_cast
      extended to be applicable to a wider range of deployment scenarios. However,
      after discussions with Kevlin Henney (the boost::lexical_cast
      author) and in the Boost Developers forum it was collectively decided that
      the desired extensions were not compatible with the original design and the
      idea of what boost::lexical_cast embodied and, therefore, a new
      component with richer interface and functionality was needed. That decision
      resulted in the development of Boost.Convert described
      in this document.
    
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