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

From: Paul A Bristow (pbristow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-13 09:15:28

Sounds very useful - if only occasionally (in the absence of a binary input
option addition to C++0X which I haven't heard proposed - Ada allows ANY
base, of course, so C++ is way behind).

Can you post reference to discussion and perhaps append the binary_int.hpp
file as it sounds quite short?

Thanks

Paul

Paul A Bristow
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| -----Original Message-----
| From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden] 
| [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Scott Schurr
| Sent: 12 July 2005 23:32
| To: boost_at_[hidden]
| Subject: [boost] Interest in a binary_int template for binary 
| literals?
| 
| Greetings,
| 
| Prompted by some discussion on comp.sdt.c++.moderated, I have a 
| small template that allows the user to declare an integer literal
| in binary.
| 
| Usage looks like:
| 
|   #include "binary_int.hpp"
|   
|   unsigned int binary = binary_int<1001,0011,1011,0000>::b;
|   
| The template is written to support up to 64 bits, although my 
| compiler only allows me test up to 32 bits.  I intend to use it 
| for programming hardware registers in the language of the hardware
| folk at my company.
| 
| The template is only about 150 lines and doesn't really deserve a 
| library, but it could potentially be tucked into another library 
| if it is deemed useful.
| 
| Thanks.
| 
| Scott Schurr
| 
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