Why does Boost property tree write_json save everything as string? Is it possible to change that?

Question

I\'m trying to serialize using boost property tree write_json, it saves everything as strings, it\'s not that data are wrong, but I need to cast them explicitly every time a

Answer 1

Boost confirms its implementation has no 100% conformance to JSON standard. Check the following link to see their explanation: Making a ptree variant that preserves JSON types is a future plan, but far off.!