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Explicit endian types useful for embedding in structs or reinterpreting data.

Each endian type is guaarnteed to have the same size and alignment as a regular unsigned primitive of the equal size.

Examples

let b: Be32 = From::from(3);
let l: Le32 = From::from(3);

assert_eq!(b.to_native(), 3);
assert_eq!(l.to_native(), 3);
assert!(b == 3);
assert!(l == 3);

let b_trans: u32 = unsafe { std::mem::transmute(b) };
let l_trans: u32 = unsafe { std::mem::transmute(l) };

#[cfg(target_endian = "little")]
assert_eq!(l_trans, 3);
#[cfg(target_endian = "big")]
assert_eq!(b_trans, 3);

assert_ne!(b_trans, l_trans);

Structs

An unsigned integer type of with an explicit endianness.

An unsigned integer type of with an explicit endianness.

An unsigned integer type of with an explicit endianness.

An unsigned integer type of with an explicit endianness.

An unsigned integer type of with an explicit endianness.

An unsigned integer type of with an explicit endianness.

An unsigned integer type of with an explicit endianness.

An unsigned integer type of with an explicit endianness.