Hi Eljay, Thanks very much for your prompt feedback! Regarding to the C or C++ question, I would be doing this in C and would be very glad in having the short example you mentioned. Thanks again, -Marcio. On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Eljay Love-Jensen wrote: > > Hi Marcio, > > I'm well versed in the issues you are hitting upon. > > Are you using C or C++? > > The solution is similar in C and C++, but C++ allows encapsulation > so the implementation (from an outside perspective) may seem a little > cleaner. > > In either case, I recommend saving your "unsigned int a : 1" into it's > very own byte. Save "unsigned int b : 26" into 4 bytes (in network > order in your serialized persistent store canonical file). And save > your "unsigned int c : 3" in its very own byte. > > What you'll be writing are two routines: a serializing "write" (memory > to store) and marshalling "read" (store to memory). In C they'll be > two standalone routine named "writeStructA(FILE* out, struct A* x);" > and "readStructA(FILE* in, struct A* x);". For C++, you'll add two > member methods, "write(std::ostream&)" and "read(std::istream&)". > > Once you let me know the C or C++ question, I can provide a more > complete short example using your struct A. > > --Eljay
