pack_igetw(3alleg4)

📦 version 4.4.3.1, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 pack_igetw 💖

okay bestie, so this is one of those little Allegro byte-muncher functions, and it lives in the Allegro manual for the Allegro game programming library. that's the vibe. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

pack_igetw — literally just like pack_getc(), but it's out here reading 16-bit Intel byte ordering words instead. Allegro game programming library things. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro.h>

int pack_igetw(PACKFILE *f);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so. like pack_getc, right? same energy, same bestie behavior. but instead of grabbing a single byte, pack_igetw reads a 16-bit word out of a file. 🫶

and it does it using Intel byte ordering, which is:

  • least significant byte first 💅
  • a.k.a. little-endian ✨

that's it, that's the whole function. no cap. it's giving "small but essential" and honestly? iconic. 🌈

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

  • pack_getc(3alleg4) — the sibling, the blueprint, the reason this whole thing exists 💖

anyway bestie, this page came to you straight from Allegro, version 4.4.3, and it's pack_igetw(3alleg4) forever and ever. mwah. 💋

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