Re: [boost] Portable binary integers [was generic polyvalent I/O]

From: Greg Colvin (gcolvin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-11-16 15:53:06

From: David Abrahams <abrahams_at_[hidden]>
> I'm really thinking of this as a possible side-effect, and of course whether
> you'll see savings depends on your data set. The main advantage of an
> encoding like this is that you can read/write numbers with 100% portable
> conforming C++ code.

Which can also be true for a fixed-length format.

> -Dave
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Powell" <Gary.Powell_at_[hidden]>
> To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 3:46 PM
> Subject: RE: [boost] Portable binary integers [was generic polyvalent I/O]
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> > > It /saves/ lots of space if most of your numbers are near 0, which is
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> > Most of my attempts at data packing generated more code than data savings.
> > I've pretty much given up on this as an optimization.
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> >    -gary-
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