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

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-13 09:36:41

Scott Schurr wrote:

> 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;

Why is that better than 

  unsigned x = strtoul("1010010001000010000001", 0, 2);

? I believe that 'strtoul' is part of C99.

- Volodya