// main.cpp

// Function and variable declarations and/or definitions, Preprocessor directives, etc...
// among those the following lines, intended to be normal function declarations:

template < class T > std::string GetMemory< T >( void *base );
template < class T > void SetMemory< T >( std::string &value, void *base );

// CODE
// And now, as normally, their definitions:

template < class T >
std::string GetMemory< T >( void *base ) {
  std::string result;
  unsigned int i,
               length = sizeof( T ),
               beginning = ( unsigned int )( char* )base,
               end = beginning + length;
  for( i = beginning; i <= end; i++ ) {
    result += *( ( char* )i );
  }
  return result;
}

template < class T >
void SetMemory< T >( std::string &value, void *base ) {
  unsigned int i,
               length = sizeof( T ),
               beginning = ( unsigned int )( char* )base,
               end = beginning + length;
  for( i = beginning; i <= end; i++ ) {
    *( ( char* )i ) = value[ start + i - beginning ];
  }
  value = value->substr( length, value->npos );
}