On 7/14/11 12:05 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
On Thursday 14 July 2011 10:55:49 Regan Heath wrote:
On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 08:14:10 +0100, Jonathan M Davis<jmdavisp...@gmx.com>
wrote:
I did have to create a 64-bit version for std.datetime, so it has a
private
function called endianSwap64 to do the job. So, it's not like I'm saying
that
the situation couldn't be improved, but druntime and Phobos do currently
give
you the exact same thing that C and C++ do.
The crypto library I have been meaning to polish up and submit for
inclusion into phobos needs these functions in several variants. I was
hoping they could/would be included somewhere more 'general' at some
stage, and any duplicates like those already mentioned removed..
Oh, it could be done, and it probably should be done. But other than the 64-
bit version (since it's not particularly standard in C or C++), the functions
are there if you need them.
Just for the record, I have my own version for 2/4/8 bytes as well, e.g.
at
https://github.com/klickverbot/thrift/blob/d-gsoc/lib/d/src/thrift/protocol/base.d#L436.
I would appreciate if we could add a general (but fast for the common
cases) version to Phobos.
Using htonl and friends is not optimal, as they can't be inlined, etc.
which can make a measurable difference in a tight loop.
David
