Add operator<< for variant

test/variant_ostream_insert.cpp

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+// Copyright 2021 Peter Dimov
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+// https://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt
+
+#include <boost/variant2/variant.hpp>
+#include <boost/core/lightweight_test.hpp>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <string>
+
+using namespace boost::variant2;
+
+template<class T> std::string to_string( T const& t )
+{
+    std::ostringstream os;
+
+    os << t;
+
+    return os.str();
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+    variant<int, float, std::string> v( 1 );
+
+    BOOST_TEST_EQ( to_string( v ), to_string( 1 ) );
+
+    v = 3.14f;
+
+    BOOST_TEST_EQ( to_string( v ), to_string( 3.14f ) );
+
+    v = "test";
+
+    BOOST_TEST_EQ( to_string( v ), to_string( "test" ) );
+
+    return boost::report_errors();
+}