al_fread32be(3)

📦
version 5.2.11.3 · 3 versions
, in arch rolling

🦋 al_fread32be(3) 🦋

okay so this page is from the Library Functions Manual — specifically the Allegro reference manual corner of the universe — and it's all about al_fread32be. bestie, it's giving “read a 32-bit word in big-endian, MSB first” energy.

💖 NAME 💖

al_fread32be — Allegro 5 API

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

int32_t al_fread32be(ALLEGRO_FILE *f)

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

Read a 32-bit word in big-endian format (MSB first). no cap, that's the whole snack.

On success, returns the 32-bit word. On failure, returns EOF (-1).

⚠️ plot twist: -1 is also a valid return value, so don't just vibe-check it and assume failure. use al_feof(3) to check if the end of the file was reached prematurely, or al_ferror(3) to check if an error occurred. periodt.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

  • al_fread32le(3) — the related function listed in SEE ALSO, go say hi 🫶

Cute sign-off: source/version = Allegro reference manual; date = not listed on the original page, so no invented timestamp here, bestie. 💅✨

📦 where this page comes from
  • arch rolling: allegro 5.2.11.3-2 · Zlib AND BSD-3-Clause AND OFL-1.1 AND LicenseRef-Custom
  • 💖 girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms