Update code that uses string buffers (refs #8267).

Treat cast to pointer as compile time error (refs #8334).
Update documentation

[SVN r83601]

test/lexical_cast_to_pointer_test.cpp

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+//  //  Unit test for boost::lexical_cast.
+//
+//  See http://www.boost.org for most recent version, including documentation.
+//
+//  Copyright Antony Polukhin, 2013.
+//
+//  Distributed under the Boost
+//  Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file
+//  LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt).
+
+#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
+#include <boost/type.hpp>
+
+#define BOOST_INCLUDE_MAIN
+#include <boost/test/test_tools.hpp>
+
+int test_main(int, char*[])
+{
+    boost::lexical_cast<char*>("Hello");
+    return 0;
+}