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Subject: Re: [boost] License of endian and limits in Boost detail
From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-03-19 10:03:32


On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 7:01 AM, Paul A. Bristow <pbristow_at_[hidden]>wrote:

>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Rene
> Rivera
> > First pass at the Predef header for this at <
> >
> https://raw.github.com/grafikrobot/boost-predef/master/include/boost/predef/endian.h
> >.
> > Currently only tested on my OSX laptop. Would appreciate others trying it
> > out. The info is a combination of the indispensable description from
> > predef.sf.net (Bjorn Reese et al), known endian specifications I could
> find
> > on the architectures I currently detect, and a small amount of general
> web
> > searching.
>
> Looks a good start.
>
> Typo in /* GNU libc provides a header defining __BYT_ORDER. */
>

Thanks, fixed locally. And a variety of other silly typos.

I think it should contain this reference
>
> http://sourceforge.net/p/predef/wiki/Endianness/
>
> - and others to ensure that we can show it is written using publically
> available info, not the
> original SGI version - and not reverse-engineered either - the EU caved in
> to pressure from IBM et
> al to ban that!
>

I've added, locally, documentation, which since I wanted feedback sooner
rather than later I avoided writing.

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