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Title: Conversion Macros
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# Conversion Macros
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## Type Conversion
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Many times GLib, GTK, and other libraries allow you to pass "user data" to a
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callback, in the form of a void pointer. From time to time you want to pass
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an integer instead of a pointer. You could allocate an integer, with
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something like:
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```c
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int *ip = g_new (int, 1);
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*ip = 42;
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```
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But this is inconvenient, and it's annoying to have to free the memory at
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some later time.
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Pointers are always at least 32 bits in size (on all platforms GLib intends
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to support). Thus you can store at least 32-bit integer values in a pointer
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value. Naively, you might try this, but it's incorrect:
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```c
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gpointer p;
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int i;
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p = (void*) 42;
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i = (int) p;
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```
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Again, that example was not correct, don't copy it.
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The problem is that on some systems you need to do this:
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```c
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gpointer p;
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int i;
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p = (void*) (long) 42;
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i = (int) (long) p;
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```
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The GLib macros `GPOINTER_TO_INT()`, `GINT_TO_POINTER()`, etc. take care to
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do the right thing on every platform.
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**Warning**: You may not store pointers in integers. This is not portable in
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any way, shape or form. These macros only allow storing integers in
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pointers, and only preserve 32 bits of the integer; values outside the range
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of a 32-bit integer will be mangled.
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``GINT_TO_POINTER(value)``, ``GPOINTER_TO_INT(value)``
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: Stuffs an integer into a pointer type, and vice versa. Remember, you may not
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store pointers in integers. This is not portable in any way, shape or form.
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These macros only allow storing integers in pointers, and only preserve 32
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bits of the integer; values outside the range of a 32-bit integer will be
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mangled.
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``GUINT_TO_POINTER(value)``, ``GPOINTER_TO_UINT(value)``
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: Stuffs an unsigned integer into a pointer type, and vice versa.
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``GSIZE_TO_POINTER(value)``, ``GPOINTER_TO_SIZE(value)``
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: Stuffs a `size_t` into a pointer type, and vice versa.
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## Byte Order Conversion
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These macros provide a portable way to determine the host byte order and to
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convert values between different byte orders.
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The byte order is the order in which bytes are stored to create larger data
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types such as the #gint and #glong values. The host byte order is the byte
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order used on the current machine.
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Some processors store the most significant bytes (i.e. the bytes that hold
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the largest part of the value) first. These are known as big-endian
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processors. Other processors (notably the x86 family) store the most
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significant byte last. These are known as little-endian processors.
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Finally, to complicate matters, some other processors store the bytes in a
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rather curious order known as PDP-endian. For a 4-byte word, the 3rd most
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significant byte is stored first, then the 4th, then the 1st and finally the
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2nd.
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Obviously there is a problem when these different processors communicate
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with each other, for example over networks or by using binary file formats.
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This is where these macros come in. They are typically used to convert
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values into a byte order which has been agreed on for use when communicating
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between different processors. The Internet uses what is known as 'network
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byte order' as the standard byte order (which is in fact the big-endian byte
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order).
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Note that the byte order conversion macros may evaluate their arguments
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multiple times, thus you should not use them with arguments which have
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side-effects.
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`G_BYTE_ORDER`
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: The host byte order. This can be either `G_LITTLE_ENDIAN` or `G_BIG_ENDIAN`.
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`G_LITTLE_ENDIAN`
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: Specifies the little endian byte order.
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`G_BIG_ENDIAN`
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: Specifies the big endian byte order.
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`G_PDP_ENDIAN`
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: Specifies the PDP endian byte order.
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### Signed
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`GINT_FROM_BE(value)`
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: Converts an `int` value from big-endian to host byte order.
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`GINT_FROM_LE(value)`
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: Converts an `int` value from little-endian to host byte order.
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`GINT_TO_BE(value)`
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: Converts an `int` value from host byte order to big-endian.
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`GINT_TO_LE(value)`
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: Converts an `int` value from host byte order to little-endian.
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`GLONG_FROM_BE(value)`
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: Converts a `long` value from big-endian to the host byte order.
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`GLONG_FROM_LE(value)`
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: Converts a `long` value from little-endian to host byte order.
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`GLONG_TO_BE(value)`
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: Converts a `long` value from host byte order to big-endian.
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`GLONG_TO_LE(value)`
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: Converts a `long` value from host byte order to little-endian.
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`GSSIZE_FROM_BE(value)`
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: Converts a `ssize_t` value from big-endian to host byte order.
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`GSSIZE_FROM_LE(value)`
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: Converts a `ssize_t` value from little-endian to host byte order.
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`GSSIZE_TO_BE(value)`
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: Converts a `ssize_t` value from host byte order to big-endian.
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`GSSIZE_TO_LE(value)`
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: Converts a `ssize_t` value from host byte order to little-endian.
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`GINT16_FROM_BE(value)`
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: Converts an `int16_t` value from big-endian to host byte order.
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`GINT16_FROM_LE(value)`
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: Converts an `int16_t` value from little-endian to host byte order.
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`GINT16_TO_BE(value)`
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: Converts an `int16_t` value from host byte order to big-endian.
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`GINT16_TO_LE(value)`
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: Converts an `int16_t` value from host byte order to little-endian.
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`GINT32_FROM_BE(value)`
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: Converts an `int32_t` value from big-endian to host byte order.
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`GINT32_FROM_LE(value)`
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: Converts an `int32_t` value from little-endian to host byte order.
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`GINT32_TO_BE(value)`
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: Converts an `int32_t` value from host byte order to big-endian.
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`GINT32_TO_LE(value)`
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: Converts an `int32_t` value from host byte order to little-endian.
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`GINT64_FROM_BE(value)`
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: Converts an `int64_t` value from big-endian to host byte order.
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`GINT64_FROM_LE(value)`
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: Converts an `int64_t` value from little-endian to host byte order.
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`GINT64_TO_BE(value)`
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: Converts an `int64_t` value from host byte order to big-endian.
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`GINT64_TO_LE(value)`
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: Converts an `int64_t` value from host byte order to little-endian.
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### Unsigned
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`GUINT_FROM_BE(value)`
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: Converts an `unsigned int` value from big-endian to host byte order.
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`GUINT_FROM_LE(value)`
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: Converts an `unsigned int` value from little-endian to host byte order.
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`GUINT_TO_BE(value)`
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: Converts an `unsigned int` value from host byte order to big-endian.
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`GUINT_TO_LE(value)`
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: Converts an `unsigned int` value from host byte order to little-endian.
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`GULONG_FROM_BE(value)`
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: Converts an `unsigned long` value from big-endian to host byte order.
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`GULONG_FROM_LE(value)`
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: Converts an `unsigned long` value from little-endian to host byte order.
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`GULONG_TO_BE(value)`
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: Converts an `unsigned long` value from host byte order to big-endian.
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`GULONG_TO_LE(value)`
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: Converts an `unsigned long` value from host byte order to little-endian.
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`GSIZE_FROM_BE(value)`
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: Converts a `size_t` value from big-endian to the host byte order.
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`GSIZE_FROM_LE(value)`
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: Converts a `size_t` value from little-endian to host byte order.
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`GSIZE_TO_BE(value)`
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: Converts a `size_t` value from host byte order to big-endian.
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`GSIZE_TO_LE(value)`
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: Converts a `size_t` value from host byte order to little-endian.
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`GUINT16_FROM_BE(value)`
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: Converts an `uint16_t` value from big-endian to host byte order.
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`GUINT16_FROM_LE(value)`
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: Converts an `uint16_t` value from little-endian to host byte order.
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`GUINT16_TO_BE(value)`
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: Converts an `uint16_t` value from host byte order to big-endian.
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`GUINT16_TO_LE(value)`
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: Converts an `uint16_t` value from host byte order to little-endian.
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`GUINT32_FROM_BE(value)`
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: Converts an `uint32_t` value from big-endian to host byte order.
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`GUINT32_FROM_LE(value)`
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: Converts an `uint32_t` value from little-endian to host byte order.
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`GUINT32_TO_BE(value)`
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: Converts an `uint32_t` value from host byte order to big-endian.
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`GUINT32_TO_LE(value)`
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: Converts an `uint32_t` value from host byte order to little-endian.
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`GUINT64_FROM_BE(value)`
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: Converts an `uint64_t` value from big-endian to host byte order.
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`GUINT64_FROM_LE(value)`
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: Converts an `uint64_t` value from little-endian to host byte order.
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`GUINT64_TO_BE(value)`
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: Converts an `uint64_t` value from host byte order to big-endian.
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`GUINT64_TO_LE(value)`
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: Converts an `uint64_t` value from host byte order to little-endian.
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`GUINT16_SWAP_BE_PDP(value)`
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: Converts an `uint16_t` value between big-endian and pdp-endian byte order.
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The conversion is symmetric so it can be used both ways.
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`GUINT16_SWAP_LE_BE(value)`
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: Converts an `uint16_t` value between little-endian and big-endian byte order.
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The conversion is symmetric so it can be used both ways.
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`GUINT16_SWAP_LE_PDP(value)`
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: Converts an `uint16_t` value between little-endian and pdp-endian byte order.
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The conversion is symmetric so it can be used both ways.
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`GUINT32_SWAP_BE_PDP(value)`
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: Converts an `uint32_t` value between big-endian and pdp-endian byte order.
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The conversion is symmetric so it can be used both ways.
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`GUINT32_SWAP_LE_BE(value)`
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: Converts an `uint32_t` value between little-endian and big-endian byte order.
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The conversion is symmetric so it can be used both ways.
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`GUINT32_SWAP_LE_PDP(value)`
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: Converts an `uint32_t` value between little-endian and pdp-endian byte order.
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The conversion is symmetric so it can be used both ways.
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`GUINT64_SWAP_LE_BE(value)`
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: Converts a `uint64_t` value between little-endian and big-endian byte order.
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The conversion is symmetric so it can be used both ways.
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# The same order will be used when generating the index
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content_files = [
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"character-set.md",
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"conversion-macros.md",
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"reference-counting.md",
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"threads.md",
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]
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