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author | Pieter Wuille <pieter@wuille.net> | 2020-05-19 14:30:30 -0700 |
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committer | Pieter Wuille <pieter@wuille.net> | 2020-05-19 14:30:30 -0700 |
commit | f9ee0f37c28f604bc82dab502ce229c66ef5b3b9 (patch) | |
tree | be73b9290c400e8b36e3441a71ba24448c5f537e | |
parent | 4eb5643e3538863c9d2ff261f49a9a1b248de243 (diff) |
Add comments to CustomUintFormatter
-rw-r--r-- | src/serialize.h | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/serialize.h b/src/serialize.h index 82c332f92f..af49fb701a 100644 --- a/src/serialize.h +++ b/src/serialize.h @@ -520,6 +520,15 @@ struct VarIntFormatter } }; +/** Serialization wrapper class for custom integers and enums. + * + * It permits specifying the serialized size (1 to 8 bytes) and endianness. + * + * Use the big endian mode for values that are stored in memory in native + * byte order, but serialized in big endian notation. This is only intended + * to implement serializers that are compatible with existing formats, and + * its use is not recommended for new data structures. + */ template<int Bytes, bool BigEndian = false> struct CustomUintFormatter { |