From: Ross Bamford <rossrt@...>
Date: 2006-10-14T18:09:27+09:00
Subject: Re: IO.readint ?

On Sat, 2006-10-14 at 02:42 +0900, Tim Pease wrote:
> On 10/13/06, Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > On 12.10.2006 18:10, Kalman Noel wrote:
> >
> > class IO
> >   def geti( endian = :little )
> >     str = read( [0].pack('N').length )
> >     str.reverse! if endian == :little
> >     str.unpack( 'N' )[0]
> >   end
> > end
> >
> 
> Ooooo ... clever!
> 
> class IO
>   SIZEOF_INT = [0].pack('N').length
> 
>   def geti( endian = :little )
>     str = read( SIZEOF_INT )
>     str.reverse! if endian == :little
>     str.unpack( 'N' )[0]
>   end
> end

I thought that 'N' was _always_ a 32-bit in network byte order?
According to the docs, platform independent sizes are used everywhere
except the SsIiLl directives when escaped by an underscore...?

-- 
Ross Bamford - rosco@roscopeco.REMOVE.co.uk