Re: [Boost-users] cross-platfrom binary serialization?

From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-27 17:29:15

Daryle Walker wrote:

> I have an alternate suggestion: what about continued fractions?  Turn
> the floating point value into a list of integers.  This works no
> matter what f.p. systems the source and destination use.  You just
> need a portable integer serialization format.

which we already have.

>
> ...
>

I'm don't have enough time to review the suggestion in the
detail it probably deserves.  But a cursory look shows
a lot of imagination.

Robert Ramey