Re: [boost] [endian] Comments on Endian 0.5

From: loufoque (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-20 17:17:15

Dave Dribin wrote :

> I see two issues with the library as  of 0.5.  First, the endian classes 
> cannot be used in unions.  And, second the classes cannot be used in 
> variable argument lists.

How is that a problem ?
Those are old C features that should be avoided.

Using an ugly interface just to make it a POD type is a bad idea IMO.