Re: XMLhelper::parse_bool needed?

[David Philippi]

On Friday 11 October 2002 21:05, Neil Hotmail wrote:
> stretch_x is a bool, but parse_float returns a float, is this intentional?

I'd guess so, see below.

> Would it not make more sense to use parse_int as this is (or should be) a
> simpler and quicker function, and integers are quicker than floats.

Assume a simple 0.03f - true if converted from float, false if converted from 
int regardless of wheter the parsing continues at the decimal point or not - 
it'd get rounded down to 0 aka false.

> Another alternative would be to add a specific parse_bool statement.

What should this one parse and how?

Bye David