You probably are aware of this but "32-bit integer" could mean different things.

It could be either signed or unsigned or you may want (for networking purposes) use a different endianess (is that a word?) than the one your architecture uses.

Happily pack provides "l", "L", ,"N", and "V" to cater for all your needs as long as you know what you need.

In reply to Re^2: output binary data by morgon
in thread output binary data by Allasso

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