// endian/example/uses_cases.cpp -----------------------------------------------------// // Copyright Beman Dawes 2014 // Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. // See http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------// #ifndef _SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS # define _SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS #endif #ifndef _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS # define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS #endif #include #include #include #include using namespace boost::endian; using std::cout; using std::endl; { // Use case 2 - Endian buffer types struct Record { big_ubuf32_t count; // big endian big_buf32_t value; // big endian }; Record rec; read(&rec, sizeof(Record)); uint32_t count = rec.count.value(); int32_t value = rec.value.value(); ++count; value += fee; rec.count = count; rec.value = value; write(&rec, sizeof(Record)); } { // Use case 3a - Endian arithmetic types struct Record { big_uint32_t count; // big endian big_int32_t value; // big endian }; Record rec; read(&rec, sizeof(Record)); ++rec.count; rec.value += fee; write(&rec, sizeof(Record)); } { // Use case 3b - Endian arithmetic types struct Record { big_uint32_t count; // big endian big_int32_t value; // big endian }; Record rec; read(&rec, sizeof(Record)); uint32_t count = rec.count; int32_t value = rec.value; ++count; value += fee; rec.count = count; rec.value = value; write(&rec, sizeof(Record)); } // Recommended approach when conversion time is not a concern // // Conversion time is not a concert with this application because the minimum // possible number of conversions is performed and because I/O time will be // much greater than conversion time. { struct Record { big_uint32_t count; // big endian big_int32_t value; // big endian }; Record rec; read(&rec, sizeof(Record)); ++rec.count; rec.value += fee; write(&rec, sizeof(Record)); } // Recommended approach when conversion time is a concern // // Conversion time is a concert with this application because (1) any conversions // performed in the loop will consume a great deal of time and because (2) // computation time will be much greater than I/O time. { struct Record { big_uint32_t count; // big endian big_int32_t value; // big endian }; Record rec; read(&rec, sizeof(Record)); uint32_t count = rec.count; int32_t value = rec.value; for (long long i = 0; i < several_gazillion; ++i) // (1) { ... immensely complex computation using rec variables many times // (2) } rec.count = count; rec.value = value; write(&rec, sizeof(Record)); } }