binary.h

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#ifndef META_IO_BINARY_H_
#define META_IO_BINARY_H_

#include <istream>
#include <ostream>

namespace meta
{
namespace io
{

template <class T>
void write_binary(std::ostream& out, const T& elem)
{
    out.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&elem), sizeof(T));
}

inline void write_binary(std::ostream& out, const std::string& str)
{
    out.write(str.c_str(), str.size() + 1);
}

template <class T>
void read_binary(std::istream& in, T& elem)
{
    in.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&elem), sizeof(T));
}

inline void read_binary(std::istream& in, std::string& str)
{
    std::getline(in, str, '\0');
}
}
}

#endif