KL> 2) Although both POSIX and C99 define them to be 2's complement integers KL> with the appropriate number of bits, neither standard sets a requirement KL> on byte ordering within the multibyte types. Thus, even if a platform KL> supports them (say, the BSD family), the binary form of the integers is KL> not portable.
KL> So, while use of them may lead to a MORE portable C++ interface, they KL> won't directly lead to a portable binary serialization format (although KL> you can clearly fix that problem in platform specific byte reordering code). The Serialization library can still take care of byte swapping - my point was just not to use the platform dependant types in the interface but only in the client's implementation (which you have to do anyway). -- Best regards, Michael mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
