Re: [Boost-users] Boost.Endian missing integer_cover_operators.hpp

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-31 20:44:32

Seika van Olstroem wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> in 2000 and 2006 Darin Adler and Berman Dawes tried to get a library 
> called Boost.Endian into Boost, but it seems the process stopped 
> somewhere.
> 
> This library would help me a lot when working with different byte
> orders.
> 
> Here are the threads: 
> http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2000/03/2495.php 
> http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2006/06/106655.php
> 
> Using Google I've found a recent endian.hpp but I can't find 
> integer_cover_operators.hpp. 
> http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/att-105789/endian.hpp
> 
> Beman, what happend with Boost.Endian?

It stalled when I became convinced that C++ core language changes were
what was really needed. Work on Boost.Endian stopped while I shepherded 
proposals through the standards committee for C++0x. That's now done and 
reflected in the working draft of the standard.

I recently started to update Boost.Endian and could post a copy if you 
are still interested.

--Beman