# +----+------------------------+---------+
# | Elt|Got                     |Expected |
# +----+------------------------+---------+
# *   1| 1.12884118761808e-319  | 100     *
# *   2| 3.03865194161742e-319  | 1       *
# *   6| 1.30222857005357e-314  | 1251997 *
# +----+------------------------+---------+

##</code><code>##

byteorder=4321
byteorder=87654321

##</code><code>##

byteorder=1234
byteorder=12345678

##</code><code>##

return unpack 'C*', $buffer;         # bytes
return unpack 'C*', reverse $buffer; # int
return unpack 'C*', reverse $buffer; # long
return unpack 'd*', reverse $buffer; # float
return unpack 's*', reverse $buffer; # short