Re: [boost] Proposed bit_struct submission to Boost

2002-11-14 Thread David Abrahams
"Kevin S. Van Horn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Abrahams writes: > >> Looks cool. I don't usually need such a thing, though. Could you give >> some examples of likely use cases? > > The impetus for bit_struct was a discussion with a local business on possible > student library projects tha

Re: [boost] Proposed bit_struct submission to Boost

2002-11-14 Thread Kevin S. Van Horn
David Abrahams writes: > Looks cool. I don't usually need such a thing, though. Could you give > some examples of likely use cases? The impetus for bit_struct was a discussion with a local business on possible student library projects that would benefit the business. This company writes a lot of

Re: [boost] Proposed bit_struct submission to Boost

2002-11-12 Thread David Abrahams
"Kevin S. Van Horn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > A local business had need of a facility to pack arbitrary-sized bitfields into > exactly 64 bits, with a guarantee of no padding. I wrote this class as a > generalization of that need, and would like your comments as to whether this > would be app