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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys endian.h src/share/man/man9 byteorder.9
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On Thu, 3 Apr 2003, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>   Modified files:
>     sys/sys              endian.h 
>     share/man/man9       byteorder.9 
>   Log:
>   Add inline functions {be,le}{16,32,64}{enc,dec}() for encoding decoding
>   into byte strings of unknown alignment.
>   
>   Revision  Changes    Path
>   1.3       +39 -1     src/share/man/man9/byteorder.9
>   1.3       +108 -0    src/sys/sys/endian.h

This is really great!  I have wanted this for a while.  Just a few
questions.  Have the standards folks had a look at the API?  Second, it
appears the *enc functions have args in reverse order (void *, uint32_t
for example).  Any thoughts on bcopy vs. memcpy ordering of args?

-Nate