Re: [boost] The file boost/detail/endian.hpp needs to be set up for your CPU type

Subject: Re: [boost] The file boost/detail/endian.hpp needs to be set up for your CPU type
From: Jonathan Wakely (jwakely.boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-05-08 03:23:01

On 8 May 2013 06:51, Adrian_H wrote:
> I've been looking around and am just shocked that there doesn't seem to be
> any way of using the optimizer or templating system in any consistent way
> across compilers to generate a compile time endinness value.  Does anyone
> know why the C++ committee has steered clear of this?

Noone has written a proposal suggesting that it be standardised.
Unless someone does that it ain't gonna happen.

If noone's bothered yet it suggests to me that it isn't all that
important to that many people.