Michael,
It is not a wishful or ambiguous description it is actually a real term with real meaning. Thanks to the Berkeley API that many of us grew up with "host to network" also has real meaning.
I don't think we were disputing it at all; we were trying to...
I'm not suggesting that the term "network" should even appear in an endian library.
...make the same point as you have here.
I would prefer the term to only exist in some domain specific namespace;
Completely agree. Hence my reference to having the typedef as part of an "application" as opposed to the core part of the endian library.
however, ignoring well over 20-years of terminology history isn't going to make things clearer in the interface.
I am not - I was simply pointing out that it's not a network library. This typedef should, perhaps be better placed in ASIO, even though I still think even that is somewhat contentious.
Can we keep the term network out of the main interface and simply add it to namespaces as Terry has suggested?
Do you have a suggestion? I am not sure that adding anything about networking to the endian library is the correct separation of concerns but I am open to ideas.
Tom, I'm looking forward to reading more about your library.
Thank you. And I look forward to any additional comments you may have. Tom