#ifndef BINARY_OUTPUT_HPP
#define BINARY_OUTPUT_HPP

#include <ostream>

// static_asserts are not too good...

// Normal
template <typename T>
struct binary{
	T thing;
	binary(T const t):thing(t){}
	binary(binary const& c):thing(c.thing){}
};

template <typename T>
binary<T> make_binary(T const t){
	return binary<T>(t);
}

template <typename T>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, binary<T> const& rhs){
	static_assert(std::is_pod<T>::value, "Please specialise this function if your type is not POD");
	static_assert(!std::is_pointer<T>::value, "Writing pointer");
	out.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&(rhs.thing)), sizeof(rhs.thing));
	return out;
}

// Array
template <typename T, size_t N>
struct binary_arr{
	T const (& thing)[N];
	binary_arr(const T (& t)[N]):thing(t){}
	binary_arr(binary_arr const& c):thing(c.thing){}
};

template <typename T, size_t N>
binary_arr<T, N> make_binary(const T (& t)[N]){
	static_assert(N>=0, "lijp");
	return binary_arr<T, N>(t);
}

template <typename T, size_t N>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, binary_arr<T, N> const& rhs){
	static_assert(std::is_pod<T>::value, "Please specialise this function if your type is not POD");
	static_assert(!std::is_pointer<T>::value, "Writing pointer");
	out.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&(rhs.thing)), sizeof(rhs.thing));
	return out;
}

#endif // BINARY_OUTPUT_HPP