Re: [boost] Interest in a binary_int template for binary literals?

Russell Hind <rh_gmane@mac.com> writes:

Vladimir Prus wrote:

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Why is that better than

unsigned x = strtoul("1010010001000010000001", 0, 2);

? I believe that 'strtoul' is part of C99.

When I've done something similar to the binary template, it was for compile-time calculations, whereas strtoul I assume is a runtime call.

Not to mention that the number is a lot easier to read when divided into nibbles ;-) -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com