[Boost-users] dynamic_bitset get block_type not ulong

Subject: [Boost-users] dynamic_bitset get block_type not ulong
From: Michael Powell (mwpowellhtx_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-04-04 09:22:36

Hello,

How do I get at the block_type value itself, not an unsigned long, from a
dynamic_bitset (or std::bitset for that matter).

For instance, can I do something like this?

typedef unsigned char byte;
boost::dynamic_bitset<byte> my_bitset(static_cast<byte>(0x00));
//Do some bit twiddling...
byte my_value = static_cast<byte>(my_bitset);

Or something like that. Basically I want to avoid any to_ulong() mumbo
jumbo if I can just get at the underlying block_type value.

Thank you...

Regards,

Michael Powell