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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: for S'Image use Func??
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On Wed, 12 May 2010 13:27:17 +0000 (UTC), Warren wrote:

> But the issue I am taking, are machines that define multiples
> of a byte.

The compiler vendor will choose an appropriate way to handle that. Whether
it is natively for the system truncating/expanding or packing/unpacking,
which endianness it is, I don't see any reason why the vendor should/could
not follow that.

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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