Add fourcc type

types.cpp

@@ -118,3 +118,53 @@ template uint64_t hton<uint64_t> (uint64_t);
 
 #endif
 
+
+fourcc
+fourcc::from_chars (uint8_t a, uint8_t b, uint8_t c, uint8_t d) {
+    fourcc lhs;
+
+    lhs.data[0] = a;
+    lhs.data[1] = b;
+    lhs.data[2] = c;
+    lhs.data[3] = d;
+
+    return lhs;
+}
+
+
+fourcc
+fourcc::from_str (const char data[4]) {
+    fourcc lhs;
+
+    lhs.data[0] = (uint8_t)data[0];
+    lhs.data[1] = (uint8_t)data[1];
+    lhs.data[2] = (uint8_t)data[2];
+    lhs.data[3] = (uint8_t)data[3];
+
+    return lhs;
+}
+
+
+bool
+fourcc::operator== (const char rhs[4]) const {
+    return data[0] == rhs[0] &&
+           data[1] == rhs[1] &&
+           data[2] == rhs[2] &&
+           data[3] == rhs[3];
+}
+
+
+fourcc::operator uint32_t (void) const {
+    return (uint32_t)(data[0] << 24U |
+                      data[1] << 16U |
+                      data[2] <<  8U |
+                      data[3]);
+}
+
+
+ostream&
+operator<< (ostream &os, fourcc f) {
+    os << f.data[0] << f.data[1] << f.data[2] << f.data[3];
+    return os;
+}
+

types.hpp

@@ -143,20 +143,28 @@ size_t elems(T (&)[N])
     { return N; }
 
 
-/// Convert a scalar from host byte order to network byte order
-template <typename T>
-T hton (T) pure;
-
-
-/// Convert a scalar from network byte order to host byte order
-template <typename T>
-T ntoh (T) pure;
-
-
 template <typename T, typename ...Args>
 std::unique_ptr<T>
 make_unique (const Args &...args)
     { return std::unique_ptr<T> (new T (args...)); }
 
 
+struct fourcc {
+    uint8_t data[4];
+
+    static fourcc from_str(const char[4]);
+    static fourcc from_chars(uint8_t, uint8_t, uint8_t, uint8_t);
+
+    bool operator== (const char[4]) const;
+    operator uint32_t (void) const;
+};
+
+std::ostream& operator<< (std::ostream&, fourcc);
+
+
+inline double sign (double x) { return x >= 0 ? 1.0 : -1.0; }
+inline float  sign (float  x) { return x >= 0 ? 1.0 : -1.0; }
+inline int    sign (int    x) { return x >= 0 ? 1   : -1  ; }
+
+
 #endif // __TYPES_HPP