Re: [Boost-users] [endian] Endian types in union

From: me22 (me22.ca_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-19 23:20:17

On 7/19/06, Dave Dribin <dave-ml_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> I'd suggest making this change to all classes so that they can be
> used in unions.
>
The original discussion mentioned something that appears similar and
was handled by templating the full struct, along the lines of the
following:

template <endianness foobar_endianness>
    struct header
    {
      big4_t     file_code;
      big4_t     file_length;
      little4_t  version;
      little4_t  shape_type;
      endian<foobar_endianness, int32_t> foobar;
    };

Can you explain what your use case is for this union?

~ Scott McMurray