Re: [boost] Re: for entertainment only...

From: Joel de Guzman (djowel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-06-21 12:50:07

This thread reminds me of the Mac and its resource descriptors.
Yes, this is not new at all. The problem is of course is that it is
platform specific. However, a big-little endian correction code
could be used to solve this problem for *most* platforms. Yes,
I've done this before and probably most Mac programmers are
aware of this.

--Joel

Robert Klarer wrote:

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>Paul Mensonides wrote:
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>>The only problem is how many characters you can store and how they are stored is
>>platform dependent.  Of course, you could make some configuration file.  Comeau
>>C++ errors on me if I put more than 4 characters in a multi-character literal
>>though.  sizeof(int) / sizeof(char) == number of characters.
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>Yes, but many compilers support a 64-bit long long type, so a seven_letter_word
>template is possible.  Seven letters should be enough for anyone. :-)
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>>Apparently, this is the kind of thing that us meta-programmers come up with--new
>>ways to misuse the language or, at best, use the language in an unprecedented
>>ways that it was not designed for.  :)
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>I refuse to believe that the use of four-letter words constitutes misuse of any
>language.
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