Boost introduced a new library endian in version 1.58: Types and conversion functions for correct byte ordering and more regardless of processor endianness.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 | #include <boost/endian/conversion.hpp>int32_t x;... read into x from a file ...boost::endian::big_to_native_inplace(x);for (int32_t i = 0; i < 1000000; ++i) x += i;boost::endian::native_to_big_inplace(x);... write x to a file ... |