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

Subject: Re: [boost] [boost::endian] Summary of discussion #1
From: Scott McMurray (me22.ca+boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-06-04 09:25:30

On 4 June 2010 09:20, Stewart, Robert <Robert.Stewart_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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> "endian_pack" doesn't suggest the class' actual purpose, so a different name is in order (no pun intended). Â A "pack" of integers, as "integer::*_pack" indicates, is a collection, a set of integers, which is not the case here. Â The class also doesn't contain a collection or set of "endians." Â Even if you use "packed" as did Terry, the term is misleading because there aren't multiple integers packed into the object.
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I'd guess that pack was chosen thinking of the verb, like the perl
function pack: <http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/pack.html>.