Re: [boost] [dynamic_bitset] Endianess and Adaption Vs Copying

Subject: Re: [boost] [dynamic_bitset] Endianess and Adaption Vs Copying
From: Joel (jdy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-05-04 11:35:50

Phil Endecott <spam_from_boost_dev <at> chezphil.org> writes:

> If you're thinking about individual bits being "next to" bits in other 
> bytes, and bits or bytes being "left" or "right" of each other, your 
> mental model of endianness is over-complicated.  Because bits are not 
> individually addressable, the only thing that matters is the order of 
> bytes (which are addressable) within words.  Ordering of bits only 
> matters when someone draws a picture of something like a peripheral register.

Granted.  Sometimes you have to deal with (and understand) other people's mental
models though.

Joel