pack_igetl(3alleg4)

✨ pack_igetl — the little-endian long getter bestie ✨

okay so this is a page from the Allegro manual (yes, that Allegro, the game programming library, she's iconic 💅), and we're talking about pack_igetl today. buckle up.

🌸 NAME 🌸

pack_igetl — it's literally like pack_getc(), except it's doing 32-bit Intel byte ordering words. same energy, bigger snack. 🍓

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <allegro.h>

long pack_igetl(PACKFILE *f);

look at her. one argument, one long coming back. main character behaviour fr fr 👑

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so bestie, you already know pack_getc, right? this is that, but she reads a 32-bit long from a file instead of a single char. and the way she reads it? Intel byte ordering, which means least significant byte first, a.k.a. little-endian. 🧚

no cap, that's the whole vibe. little-endian, 32 bits, from a file. periodt.

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• pack_getc(3alleg4) — her sister, the one who started it all 🫶

ngl if you were looking for something complicated, this is not it. she's simple, she's efficient, she ate and left no crumbs 💀

okay that's the page!! this was Allegro version 4.4.3 bringing you pack_igetl, mwah, love that for us 🌈💜✨