Add our own raw_convert that uses SafeStringStream.

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diff --git a/src/lib/raw_convert.h b/src/lib/raw_convert.h
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+/*
+    Copyright (C) 2014-2015 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 <iomanip>
+#include "safe_stringstream.h"
+
+/** 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, int precision = 16)
+{
+	SafeStringStream s;
+	s.imbue (std::locale::classic ());
+	s << std::setprecision (precision);
+	s << v;
+	P r;
+	s >> r;
+	return r;
+}