Re: How to byte swap an IEEE Float?

[Björn <ssh9614@hotmail.com>]

> Sure. You know, I meant representation = bits and bytes, implying same
> length. It seems the OP already has the float type (IEEE_Float_32),
> 32-bit = 4-byte long, and the data are floats of this length, only
> different in byte order.
>
> OP, if the data are of a different length, then you have to unchecked
> convert first to a float type of that length, and then normal convert
> to the final type (risking Constraint_Error).

All the data in the file are of 32 bits float so that should be ok.
The target for the values is at the moment x86 (although I do expect it
to work on PowerPC as well so I check System.Default_Bit_Order before
doing any byte swapping). My dirty workaround for the moment was to
read the data as a string. I was merly wondering which is the
normal/"best" way to deal with this, since I expect it to be a
fairly common task. A packed byte array does however seem like a much
better idea than handling it as a string.

Regards
Björn