Re: [boost] Interest in a binary_int template for binary literals?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-13 10:26:20

Russell Hind <rh_gmane_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Vladimir Prus wrote:
>> 
>> Why is that better than 
>> 
>>   unsigned x = strtoul("1010010001000010000001", 0, 2);
>> 
>> ? I believe that 'strtoul' is part of C99.
>> 
>
> When I've done something similar to the binary template, it was for 
> compile-time calculations, whereas strtoul I assume is a runtime call.

Not to mention that the number is a lot easier to read when divided
into nibbles ;-)

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