On 10/30/09 6:29 PM, gMail.com said:

>Cool. Thanks. I did the following, either when I read from the disk and when
>I write to the disk
>
>Read unsigned int in case of PPC
>        outValue[i] = EndianU32_NtoB(inValue[i]);
>
>Write unsigned int in case of PPC
>        outValue[i] = EndianU32_BtoN(inValue[i]);
>
>Read float in case of PPC
>        EndianDouble_NtoB(outValue[i], inValue[i]);
>
>Write float in case of PPC
>        EndianDouble_BtoN(outValue[i], inValue[i]);

That's fine.

>#define EndianDouble_BtoN(o,i)
>((Float64*)&o)[0]=CFConvertFloat64SwappedToHost(((CFSwappedFloat64*)&i)[0]);
>
>#define EndianDouble_NtoB(o,i)
>((CFSwappedFloat64*)&o)[0]=CFConvertFloat64HostToSwapped(((Float64*)&i)[0]);

Not sure about that.  I think you might be breaking 'struct aliasing
rules'.  What happens if you add the -Wstrict-aliasing warning flag?
That's why I suggested using a union.  See also:
<http://cellperformance.beyond3d.com/articles/2006/06/understanding-
strict-aliasing.html>

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Mac Software Developer              Montréal, Québec, Canada


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