Neil Mayhew wrote:
On 2006-07-22 12:21:01, Beman Dawes wrote:
[boost] [integer] endian-0.6 posted w/ names changed endian-0.6.zip has been posted in the integer directory of the file vault at http://boost-consulting.com/vault/
This code is still in the vault, but I'd like to see it in the main part of boost. What needs to be done to make this happen?
Here's what has happened: In working on endian, I became convince that the C++ standard's POD specification was a serious impediment and needed major revision. The standards committee agreed, and so C++0x will include a major relaxation on the requirements for POD's. Among other changes, base classes and constructors are permitted (under certain conditions). See http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2342.htm That work led Lawrence Crowl to come up with the idea of deleted and defaulted function for C++0x, which works synergistically with the POD's changes. See http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2346.htm A third C++0x feature, constexpr, may also be useful for endian. See http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2235.pdf So the next step is to revisit the current endian design, and apply C++0x features where useful. Some of these features are starting to become available in compilers, so they can be tested. ifdef's will be needed, of course, so that the endian stuff will still work with C++03 compilers. I'm buried with other commitments, so if someone else wants to help with endian it might speed things up quite a bit. Thanks, --Beman