uint64_read(3)

💖 uint64_read(3) 💖

okay so this is a page from the Library Functions Manual — yes bestie, we're in the man pages now, and this one is a whole lil cutie 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

uint64_read — read an unsigned little-endian 64-bit integer 🦋

✨ SYNTAX ✨

lowkey the whole vibe starts here, no cap:

#include <libowfat/uint64.h>

uint64 uint64_read(const char s[4]);

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so first things first: uint64 is a 64-bit unsigned integer type. that's it, that's the type. iconic behavior honestly 💅

and then uint64_read does the thing where it portably reads a uint64 — as stored on a little-endian architecture — from s, and hands it back to you. returns it. gives it to you. bestie behavior 🫶

like, it's not out here assuming anything about your machine's endianness, it just knows how a little-endian uint64 looks and reads it correctly anyway. main character energy fr fr ✨

ngl the fact that it reads a 64-bit integer out of a const char s[4] is exactly how the page writes it, so that's how we're writing it too. character for character, no editing, periodt. 💀

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• uint64_unpack(3) 🌸
• uint64_unpack_big(3) 🌸

go read those too, iykyk 👑

that's the whole page bestie, you ate it up 💖 and if you're wondering about the fine print: this one lives under the uint64_read(3) name in the Library Functions Manual — that's the source and the whole header situation right there. no extra lore, just that. mwah 🎀✨🦋