a variant class for C++ much like JavaScript "var"
version - 1.0
Features:
- as easy to use a
varin JavaScript - assignment operator overloads so you can assign using =
- cast operator overlaods allow you to get a value without () i.e. int x = myVar;
- automatic convertion in and out between standard C++ types as well as std::string
- ostream << overload
note about converting string to bool:
bool will convert to the text true/false numbers will convert to their textual values.
note about conversion from strings:
- when converting a string to bool a text value of "false", "0" or 0 length will return false, anything else will return true;
- when converting to numbers parsing will stop when no more numeric data is in the string (i.e. "1234.56 test" will convert to 1234.56).
when conerting floats/doubles to integers the numbers are truncated much like when using a cast.
note about compiler errors:
if you get warnings or errors regarding ambiguity you may need add a cast. This happens when calling a function with multiple overloads use (int)myVar or (double)myVar or (std::string)myVar etc.
note: uses std::string in the backend, which works, but idealy we would use a static buffer, or a heap buffer (or one that switches to a heap if the static was to small). I like std::string but it makes small allocations, which depending on your workload may not be ideal.
The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2015 Seth A. Hamilton
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