Re: [boost] [endian] [bikeshed] Conversion function naming discussion

Subject: Re: [boost] [endian] [bikeshed] Conversion function naming discussion
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-01-25 09:32:59

Beman Dawes wrote:
> The current names I'm least comfortable with are the conversion function 
> names in the endian sub-namespace:
>
> big_to_native
> big_to_native_inplace
> native_to_big
> native_to_big_inplace
> little_to_native
> little_to_native_inplace
> native_to_little
> native_to_little_inplace
> conditional_reverse
> conditional_reverse_inplace
>
> These are quite explicit, but are a bit too long and awkward for my taste. 
> I'd be willing to change these names if someone can come up with 
> replacements that are shorter and less awkward, but still reasonable 
> explicit.

You can consider 'native' to be implicit and use

from_big
from_big_inplace
to_big
to_big_inplace
from_little
from_little_inplace
to_little
to_little_inplace

although I, personally, am not sure whether this is an improvement.