Re: the Endian issue in interchange formats
On 2014-06-23 02:48:36 -0700, Dmitry Nadezhin wrote:
> Vincent,
>
> Interchange format is not about bytes in machine memory,
> its about bytes/octets in files/network.
> Bytes in files are 8-bit.
>
> An exotic machine with n-bit byte will have to use 8-bit bytes
> for interchange with other machines.
This should be clarified, since not all standards have the same
definition of "byte" (e.g., in ISO C, a byte doesn't necessarily
have 8 bits). But I now see that in your proposed replacement a
few hours ago, you use the term "octet", which is fine.
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