Re: [boost] [boost::endian] Summary of discussion #1

Subject: Re: [boost] [boost::endian] Summary of discussion #1
From: Terry Golubiewski (tjgolubi_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-06-03 12:30:04

Tom wrote:
> endian::cast<big_to_host>()  //explicit direction
> endian::cast<from_litle>()   //"to_host" is implicit
> endian::cast<to_big>()       //"from_host" is implicit
>
> I actually really like that.  What do you think?

Is it imporant that these names are templated?  What are the advantages of 
this templated-tagged design over..

endian::cast_big_to_host()
endian::cast_from_little()
endian::cast_to_big()

where the functions are only templated on the object type.

template<class T>
T cast_big_to_host(const T& x);

template<class T>
T cast_from_big(const T& x) { return cast_bit_to_host(x); }

Although, I strongly disagree with T both as an argument and as a return 
value of a "cast".

terry