- VS2012: build/tests

- JSON: style and exceptions catch by ref fix
- NumberParser: case-insensitive hex parsing
- Dynamic::Var: const std::string& cast operator specialization (coaxing std::string ctor)
- LocalDateTime: strftime fix (buffer too small for full tz string, use %Z instead of %z - makes no difference on windows but is more portable)
- small buildwin.cmd vsvars32.bat call fix

Foundation/include/Poco/Dynamic/Var.h

@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ public:
 		if (!_pHolder)
 			throw InvalidAccessException("Can not convert empty value.");
 
+		if (typeid(T) == _pHolder->type()) return extract<T>();
+
 		T result;
 		_pHolder->convert(result);
 		return result;
@@ -188,6 +190,11 @@ public:
 		}
 	}
 
+	operator const std::string & ();
+		/// Specialization of the cast operator for const std::string reference.
+		/// The main reason for this specialization is to help compilers
+		/// with construction/assignment of Var to std::string.
+
 	template <typename T>
 	const T& extract() const
 		/// Returns a const reference to the actual value.
@@ -210,8 +217,6 @@ public:
 				typeid(T).name()));
 	}
 
-
-
 	template <typename T> 
 	Var& operator = (const T& other)
 		/// Assignment operator for assigning POD to Var
@@ -558,6 +563,7 @@ private:
 ///
 /// Var members
 ///
+
 inline void Var::swap(Var& ptr)
 {
 	std::swap(_pHolder, ptr._pHolder);

Foundation/include/Poco/NumberParser.h

@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ private:
 		T n = 0;
 		for (; it != end; ++it)
 		{
-			if ((*it >= '0' && *it <= '9') || (*it >= 'A' && *it <= 'F'))
+			if ((*it >= '0' && *it <= '9') || (*it >= 'A' && *it <= 'F') || (*it >= 'a' && *it <= 'f'))
 			{
 				if (n > (std::numeric_limits<T>::max() / base))
 					return false;
@@ -272,6 +272,8 @@ private:
 					n = n * base + *it - '0';
 				else if (*it >= 'A' && *it <= 'F')
 					n = n * base + *it - 'A' + 10;
+				else if (*it >= 'a' && *it <= 'f')
+					n = n * base + *it - 'a' + 10;
 			}
 			else break;
 		}