Re: [boost] 1.34 boost::filesystem::size() issues on OSX PPC (works on OSX Intel though)

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-10 11:51:35

on Fri Aug 10 2007, Beman Dawes <bdawes-AT-acm.org> wrote:

> John Zorko wrote:
>> Hello, all ...
>> 
>> When I use v1.34s boost::filesystem::size() implementation on Mac OSX  
>> (10.4.10, Intel and PPC), I get different results.  It appears to be  
>> a byte-ordering issue (since on little-endian machines (I tested on  
>> Windows and OSX Intel) it returns the correct result, while on big- 
>> endian machines (I tested on OSX PPC) it does not).  While this is  
>> easy enough to code around, I don't recall reading anything about  
>> byte-ordering issues in the boost::filesystem portability guide, so  
>> i'm wondering if this is intentional?
>
> No, certainly not!
>
> By different results, do you mean the size that is returned is wrong? Is 
> the size correct if the byte-order is swapped?

Note the OP said Intel and PPC.  The processor type is the only
determinant of byte ordering that I know of.

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