Re: xPLHubs (again!)

["Mal Lansell" <mlansell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx, "John B" <home-automation@j...>
wrote:
>
> > How will this 64-bit number be written out?  Decimal number
> > or 16 digit hex value?
>
> Decimal is fine with me.
>
> > BTW, can fprintf etc handle 64-bit integers?
>
> No idea... You're the C++ expert ;-)
>
> But .NET can :-)
>
> Seriously though, if it prooves to be a problem, why don't we use a
> binary format file instead - it'd be even easier to read/write.
> If I've got this right (and it is first thing on a Monday morning,
so I
> could be way off here):
> - 2 bytes for port number (unsigned 16-bit integer)
> - 1 byte for heartbeat interval
> - 8 bytes for 64-bit filetime
>
> We can just repeat the above structure for each hub client present
in
> the file, as each one will be a fixed length.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Regards,
>
> John

That would definitely be the most simple approach - let's go with
that.

Mal







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