pack_mgetl(3)

📦 version 4.4.3.1, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 pack_mgetl — the Allegro manual, but make it make sense 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Allegro manual (yes, the Allegro game programming library, she's iconic) and today's main character is pack_mgetl. it's a lil function, it's lowkey underrated, and by the end of this you're gonna be obsessed. periodt. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

pack_mgetl — like pack_getc(), but using 32-bit Motorola byte ordering words. Allegro game programming library. 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <allegro.h>

long pack_mgetl(PACKFILE *f);

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so it's giving pack_getc energy, right? but instead of one lil byte, pack_mgetl reads a 32-bit long from a file. 🔥

and the way that it reads it?? Motorola byte ordering — aka most significant byte first, aka big-endian. she's fancy like that. 💅

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

  • pack_getc(3) — the sibling, the origin story, the blueprint 🫶

and that's the whole vibe, bestie — go read your bytes the big-endian way and slay. 🌈

this page came to you straight from Allegro version 4.4.3, so if you ever need to cite her, you know exactly which queen you're talking about. mwah. 💋👑

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