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+/*
+ Copyright (C) 2014 Carl Hetherington <cth@carlh.net>
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#include <sstream>
+
+namespace libdcp {
+
+/** A sort-of version of boost::lexical_cast that does uses the "C"
+ * locale (i.e. no thousands separators and a . for the decimal separator).
+ */
+template <typename P, typename Q>
+P
+raw_convert (Q v)
+{
+ std::stringstream s;
+ s.imbue (std::locale::classic ());
+ s << v;
+ P r;
+ s >> r;
+ return r;
+}
+
+};