pack_mputw(3)

✨ pack_mputw(3) ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because we're talking about pack_mputw from the Allegro manual — yes, that Allegro, the game programming library 💖 this one lives in section 3 of the manual, so it's a library function, not a command. iykyk.

🌸 NAME 🌸

pack_mputw — it's giving pack_putc(), but for 16-bit Motorola byte ordering words. literally the Allegro game programming library, slaying as always 👑

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <allegro.h>

int pack_mputw(int c, PACKFILE *f);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the vibe here is: it's like pack_putc, except instead of one lil byte it writes a whole 16-bit word out to a file. 💅

and the way it orders those bytes?? Motorola byte ordering — meaning the most significant byte comes first, a.k.a. big-endian. no cap. big-endian girlies stay winning 🌈

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• pack_putc(3) — the byte-sized sibling, go say hi 🫶

that's the whole page, babe — short and iconic, main character energy fr fr ✨

and yes, before you ask: this is Allegro, version 4.4.3, so jot that down in your notes app 📝 sending u love from the Allegro crew, mwah 💖🎀🦋