endian Namespace Reference

Tools for handling conversions between different byte orders. More...

Functions
bool	is_big_endian ()
	Returns true if the host is big_endian (used only to initialize bool big).
template<typename T>
size_t	write8 (T v, FILE *file, bool write_big=false)
	Write 8-byte value in little-endian format.
template<typename T>
size_t	read8 (T *buf, FILE *file, bool read_big=false)
	Read 8-byte value in little-endian format.
template<typename T>
size_t	write4 (T v, FILE *file, bool write_big=false)
	Write 4-byte value in little-endian format.
template<typename T>
size_t	read4 (T *buf, FILE *file, bool read_big=false)
	Read 4-byte value in little-endian format.
template<typename T>
size_t	write2 (T v, FILE *file, bool write_big=false)
	Write 2-byte value in little-endian format.
template<typename T>
size_t	read2 (T *buf, FILE *file, bool read_big=false)
	Read 2-byte value in little-endian format.
Variables
static const bool	big = is_big_endian()
	Is this host big-endian.

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Detailed Description

Tools for handling conversions between different byte orders.

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Function Documentation

bool endian::is_big_endian (   )  [inline]

Returns true if the host is big_endian (used only to initialize bool big).

template<typename T> size_t endian::read2 (  T *  buf, FILE *  file, bool  read_big = false )

Read 2-byte value in little-endian format.

template<typename T> size_t endian::read4 (  T *  buf, FILE *  file, bool  read_big = false )

Read 4-byte value in little-endian format.

template<typename T> size_t endian::read8 (  T *  buf, FILE *  file, bool  read_big = false )

Read 8-byte value in little-endian format.

template<typename T> size_t endian::write2 (  T  v, FILE *  file, bool  write_big = false )

Write 2-byte value in little-endian format.

template<typename T> size_t endian::write4 (  T  v, FILE *  file, bool  write_big = false )

Write 4-byte value in little-endian format.

template<typename T> size_t endian::write8 (  T  v, FILE *  file, bool  write_big = false )

Write 8-byte value in little-endian format.

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Variable Documentation

const bool endian::big = is_big_endian() [static]

Is this host big-endian.

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