On Jun 28, 2013, at 6:50 PM, Paul Long wrote:

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Correct, but it is important to note that integrals are always encoded big endian in the bitstream. I >>suppose it's possible that someone would want some other endian, but that's got to be an obscure use >>case.

There are plenty of little endian only contexts that would want to avoid

From: Rob Stewart the host->network->host

conversions for all transfers.

The C++ Middleware Writer uses a "receiver makes right" approach to support that. There's a SameFormat class here: http://webEbenezer.net/misc/Formatting.hh that's used when both sides have the same endian-ness. -- Brian Ebenezer Enterprises - Was Eisenhower the last decent US President? http://webEbenezer.net