Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof

From	Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c++
Subject	Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof
Date	2019-10-03 14:28 -0700
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David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:
[...]
> A little look suggests that it is for parsing binary JSON formats (like
> UBJSON), rather than standard text-based JSON.  But is still not
> necessary, and I doubt if the code's algorithm is more efficient than
> the obvious endian independent method.

FYI, my browser shows me a "This site may be hacked." warning for
    http://ubjson.org/
I haven't investigated further.

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Will write code for food.
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */

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On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof Daniel <danielaparker@gmail.com> - 2019-10-02 04:00 -0700
  Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-10-02 13:26 +0200
    Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof Daniel <danielaparker@gmail.com> - 2019-10-02 08:59 -0700
  Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2019-10-02 05:42 -0700
  Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2019-10-02 12:53 +0000
    Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-10-02 15:05 +0200
      Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2019-10-02 13:54 +0000
        Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-10-02 12:54 -0700
          Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2019-10-02 20:16 +0000
        Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-10-03 09:48 +0200
    Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof Daniel <danielaparker@gmail.com> - 2019-10-02 07:52 -0700
      Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2019-10-02 08:04 -0700
        Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof Daniel <danielaparker@gmail.com> - 2019-10-02 08:31 -0700
          Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2019-10-02 21:32 +0000
      Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2019-10-03 11:33 +0000
        Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-10-03 13:46 +0200
          Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof Daniel <danielaparker@gmail.com> - 2019-10-03 05:56 -0700
            Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2019-10-03 13:17 +0000
              Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-10-03 16:03 +0200
                Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof Daniel <danielaparker@gmail.com> - 2019-10-03 07:13 -0700
          Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2019-10-03 18:51 +0000
          Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-10-03 14:28 -0700
            Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-10-04 10:11 +0200
              Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof Daniel <danielaparker@gmail.com> - 2019-10-04 09:00 -0700
        Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2019-10-03 14:46 +0300
        Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof Daniel <danielaparker@gmail.com> - 2019-10-03 05:40 -0700
  Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2019-10-02 15:10 +0200
  Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2019-10-02 08:33 -0700
    Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-10-03 09:54 +0200
  Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2019-10-02 19:35 +0200
    Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof Daniel <danielaparker@gmail.com> - 2019-10-02 15:39 -0700
  Re: On endianness, many #ifdefs, and the need thereof "Oliver S." <Follow.Me@gmx.net> - 2019-10-02 19:59 +0200

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