From: " "@deneb.cygnus.argh.org (Florian Weimer)
Subject: Re: Decoding an octet stream
Date: 1999/11/30
Date: 1999-11-30T09:22:48+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87puwsmizb.fsf@deneb.cygnus.argh.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 81u247$kc3$1@hobbes2.crc.com
"David C. Hoos, Sr." <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com> writes:
> if System.Default_Bit_Order = System.Low_Order_First then
> Swap (The_Bytes);
> end if;
Does this really work? I thought that System.Default_Bit_Order
hasn't got to do anything with octet ordering issues (aka endianess).
After all, there are more than just two methods of combining four octets
to a 32 bit integer (for example).
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Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-11-28 0:00 Decoding an octet stream Florian Weimer
1999-11-29 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1999-11-30 0:00 ` Florian Weimer [this message]
1999-12-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-01 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1999-12-01 0:00 ` swhalen
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Kenneth Almquist
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Stupid patent tricks (was: Decoding an octet stream) Ted Dennison
1999-12-06 0:00 ` Decoding an octet stream Kenneth Almquist
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-12-02 0:00 ` tmoran
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Lutz Donnerhacke
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-02 0:00 ` swhalen
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-12-03 0:00 ` swhalen
1999-12-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-04 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-03 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-06 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-12-06 0:00 ` Ed Falis
1999-12-07 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-12-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-08 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-08 0:00 ` Numeric types Mario Amado Alves
1999-12-08 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Decoding an octet stream Robert Dewar
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-07 0:00 ` Stefan Skoglund
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