diff --git a/boost/endian/conversion2.hpp b/boost/endian/conversion2.hpp
index 9137374..1e4d9c7 100644
--- a/boost/endian/conversion2.hpp
+++ b/boost/endian/conversion2.hpp
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@
 //    -- reorder implementation approach suggested by tymofey, with avoidance of
 //       undefined behavior as suggested by Giovanni Piero Deretta, and a further
 //       refinement suggested by Pyry Jahkola.
-//
-//   Q: Why no general reorder template? A: It wouldn't work for classes with more than
-//      one member; each member must be reordered individually.
+//    -- general reorder function template to meet requests for UDT support by
+//       Vicente Botet and others. 
+//    -- general reorder function template implementation approach using std::reverse
+//       suggested by Mathias Gaunard
 //
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------//
 
@@ -44,11 +45,16 @@ namespace endian2
 
   // TODO: Need implementation
   // TODO: Need to verify the return does not invoke undefined behavior (as might happen
-  // if there are unutterable floating point values, similar to the unutterable pointer
-  // values on some architectures
+  // if there are unutterable floating point values, such as happens with the unutterable
+  // pointer values on some architectures
   inline float    reorder(float x);    
   inline double   reorder(double x);   
 
+  // TODO: Would pass by value be better for the following functions?
+
+  template <class T>
+  inline T reorder(const T& x);
+
   template <class T>
   inline T big(const T& x);    
     //  Return: x if native endianness is big, otherwise reorder(x);
@@ -109,6 +115,18 @@ namespace endian2
            | (step16 & 0xFF00FF00FF00FF00) >> 8;
   }
 
+
+  template <class T>
+  inline T reorder(const T& x)
+  {
+    T tmp;
+    std::reverse(
+      reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&x),
+      reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&x) + sizeof(T),
+      reinterpret_cast<char*>(&tmp));
+    return tmp;
+  }
+
   template <class T>
   inline T big(const T& x)
   {