Commit 211f0a2226

daurnimator <quae@daurnimator.com>
2019-04-21 19:48:27
std: Add mem.nativeIntToBig and mem.nativeIntToLittle
To be used where `htons`, `htonl`, etc. would be used in C. It's useful to have a function that returns a number directly for use in initialisers.
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1 parent bb25f21
Changed files (1)
std
mem.zig
std/mem.zig
@@ -754,6 +754,22 @@ test "writeIntBig and writeIntLittle" {
     testing.expect(eql_slice_u8(buf2[0..], []u8{ 0xfc, 0xff }));
 }
 
+pub fn nativeIntToBig(comptime T: type, x: T) T {
+    comptime assert(T.bit_count % 8 == 0);
+    switch (builtin.endian) {
+        builtin.Endian.Little => return @bswap(T, x),
+        builtin.Endian.Big => return x,
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn nativeIntToLittle(comptime T: type, x: T) T {
+    comptime assert(T.bit_count % 8 == 0);
+    switch (builtin.endian) {
+        builtin.Endian.Little => return x,
+        builtin.Endian.Big => return @bswap(T, x),
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn hash_slice_u8(k: []const u8) u32 {
     // FNV 32-bit hash
     var h: u32 = 2166136261;