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Pre-Defined CRC Samples

namespace boost
{
    typedef crc_optimal<16, 0x8005, 0, 0, true, true>
      crc_16_type;

    typedef crc_optimal<16, 0x1021, 0xFFFF, 0, false, false>
      crc_ccitt_false_t, crc_ccitt_type;
    typedef crc_optimal<16, 0x1021, 0, 0, true, true>  crc_ccitt_true_t;

    typedef crc_optimal<16, 0x8408, 0, 0, true, true>    crc_xmodem_type;
    typedef crc_optimal<16, 0x1021, 0, 0, false, false>  crc_xmodem_t;

    typedef crc_optimal<32, 0x04C11DB7, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFFFF, true, true>
      crc_32_type;
}

Several sample CRC types are given, representing common CRC algorithms. The samples have now been checked against the Catalogue of parametrised CRC algorithms, leading to some new type-aliases corresponding to the corrected profiles. (Older, incorrect profiles keep their name for backwards compatibility.) However, this library is primarily concerned with CRC implementation, and not with determining "good" sets of CRC parameters.

Table 10.4. Common CRCs

Computer Type

Standard(s)

crc_16_type

BISYNCH, ARC, LHA, ZOO

crc_ccitt_false_t

Commonly misidentified as the standard by CCITT

crc_ccitt_type

crc_ccitt_false_t (I made the same mistake.)

crc_ccitt_true_t

Designated by CCITT (Comité Consultatif International Télégraphique et Téléphonique), KERMIT

crc_xmodem_type

A mistake I didn't catch in defining crc_xmodem_t.

crc_xmodem_t

XMODEM, ZMODEM, ACORN

crc_32_type

ADCCP, PKZip, libPNG, AUTODIN II, Ethernet, FDDI



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