Subject: Re: [boost] [boost::endian] Request for comments/interest
From: Kim Barrett (kab.conundrums_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-05-27 10:32:18
On May 27, 2010, at 9:10 AM, Stewart, Robert wrote:
> Here's another take on the interface:
>
> template <class T, class U>
> void
> from_big_endian(T &, U);
>
> [... snip several more ...]
> template <class T, class U>
> T
> little_endian_cast(U);
>
> Obviously, I've embedded the direction and ordering in the function template names rather than in a template argument, but that looks more readable to me.
What about various flavors of mixed / middle endian? Some of them actually do appear in the wild, which leads me to prefer the template argument approach to a potential proliferation of function names. The template argument approach also might be easier to work with in generic code.