Re: [boost] [endian] Alternative implementation of endian_flip

Subject: Re: [boost] [endian] Alternative implementation of endian_flip
From: Tomas Puverle (Tomas.Puverle_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-15 14:44:22

> I wrote the attached code years ago. When I noticed the proposed Boost
> Endian library, I figured now was as good a time as any to share it. My code
> provides an alternative solution to Beman's boost::integer::endian_flip
> function that may or may not be a useful improvement.  My implementation
> exposes a single function template, boost::endian::swap, that accepts any
> type, but only swaps the endianness of 16-bit, 32-bit, and 64-bit types.

Hi Mike,

Not to discourage you but I tried something similar a few months ago - I argued
that the proposed endian library should be built on top of simpler swap() and
swap_in_place() primitives.  I also put together a quick implementation of the
proposed interfaces (which, had a few issues) but in the end it seemed that most
people here simply wanted to use endian types.  

I am sure you can find the posts pretty easily, they were from last July-ish.

Good luck,

Tom