Re: [RFC v2 00/14] Store UUID-128 on host order

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Hi,

On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Claudio Takahasi
<claudio.takahasi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Luiz Augusto von Dentz
>> IMO it would be easier to have specific functions for uuid128 that can
>> take data in host order, so that we don't break existing API. Note
>> that the internal representation could be changed to host order, that
>> is fine, but then you convert the existing function to do the
>> conversion internally without breaking compatibility.
>
> Yes, it is easier. It will be necessary to add a function to convert
> from little endian to big endian for ATT when the data is received.
> I am not changing the API, it changes only the internal
> representation(to host order) of the UUID128 values.

Just throwing my own bits on this: I think making the internal
representation for uuid_t consistent is important to avoid bugs when
handling the different UUID types.

currently uuid_t stores 16/32-bit uuids and 128-bit uuid differently.

Regards,
-- 
Anderson Lizardo
Instituto Nokia de Tecnologia - INdT
Manaus - Brazil
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