Centralizing the work of converting numbers to strings correctly.

Author: peterfpeterson

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ set ( SRC_FILES
       renderer.cpp
       renderer.hpp
       statistics.cpp
-      statistics.hpp )
+      statistics.hpp
+      string_util.cpp
+      string_util.hpp )
 
 add_executable( morebin ${SRC_FILES} )
 target_link_libraries ( morebin ${Boost_LIBRARIES} )

string_util.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#include "string_util.hpp"
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <sstream>
+
+using std::string;
+using std::stringstream;
+
+template <typename NumT>
+const std::string toStr(const NumT number)
+{
+  stringstream result;
+  result << number;
+  return result.str();
+}
+
+template <>
+const std::string toStr(const uint8_t number)
+{
+  stringstream result;
+  result << static_cast<uint16_t>(number);
+  return result.str();
+}
+
+template <>
+const std::string toStr(const int8_t number)
+{
+  stringstream result;
+  result << static_cast<int16_t>(number);
+  return result.str();
+}
+
+//template const string toStr(const uint8_t number);
+//template const string toStr(const int8_t number);
+template const string toStr(const uint16_t number);
+template const string toStr(const int16_t number);
+template const string toStr(const uint32_t number);
+template const string toStr(const int32_t number);
+template const string toStr(const uint64_t number);
+template const string toStr(const int64_t number);
+template const string toStr(const float number);
+template const string toStr(const double number);

string_util.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#ifndef _STRING_UTIL_HPP
+#define _STRING_UTIL_HPP 1
+
+#include <string>
+
+template <typename NumT>
+const std::string toStr(const NumT number);
+
+#endif