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authorPieter Wuille <pieter@wuille.net>2020-05-19 14:30:30 -0700
committerPieter Wuille <pieter@wuille.net>2020-05-19 14:30:30 -0700
commitf9ee0f37c28f604bc82dab502ce229c66ef5b3b9 (patch)
treebe73b9290c400e8b36e3441a71ba24448c5f537e
parent4eb5643e3538863c9d2ff261f49a9a1b248de243 (diff)
Add comments to CustomUintFormatter
-rw-r--r--src/serialize.h9
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
{