Question

I am looking to convert a boost::uuid to a const char*. What is the correct syntax for the conversion?

Answer 1

You can do this a bit easier using boost::lexical_cast that uses a std::stringstream under the hood.

#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
#include <boost/uuid/uuid_io.hpp>

const std::string tmp = boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(theUuid);
const char * value = tmp.c_str();