C doesn't have strings that is a char array.


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>From: JF Mezei [mailto:jfmezei.spamnot@istop.com]
>Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 5:46 PM
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>Subject: Re: Backwards File Dump
>
>
>Tom Linden wrote:
>> Now if you store the string 'DEADBEEF'B4 on say a VAX in location
>> byte n  this is what will appear in memory
>
>Depends on how you define and then  "store" those 4 bytes. 
>
>If I use C for example, and I have
>
>char mystring[4] = 0xDEADBEEF ;
>long myint = 0xDEADBEEF ;
>
>The first one will be stored in the same order as you typed it in. For the
>second one, the compiler  will reverse the constant and store it 
>as little endian.
>
>
>if you then  use memcpy (&myint, &mystring, 4), then myint will contain
>"deadbeef" in the big endian order because the code in memcpy 
>copies byte by
>byte without any endianness knowledge.
>
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Tom Linden wrote:
>> JF Mezei jfmezei.spamnot@istop.com wrote
>> Tom Linden wrote:
>>> Now if you store the string 'DEADBEEF'B4 on say a VAX in location
>>> byte n  this is what will appear in memory
>> 
>> Depends on how you define and then  "store" those 4 bytes.
>> 
>> If I use C for example, and I have
>> 
>> char mystring[4] = 0xDEADBEEF ;
>> long myint = 0xDEADBEEF ;
>
> C doesn't have strings that is a char array.

Excuse me? (zero terminated) char arrays are the *only* strings
that exist in the C RTL.

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"Tom Linden" <tom@kednos.com> wrote in message news:<CIEJLCMNHNNDLLOOGNJIMEIFIIAA.tom@kednos.com>...
> C doesn't have strings that is a char array.
> 
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: JF Mezei [mailto:jfmezei.spamnot@istop.com]
> >Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 5:46 PM
> >To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com
> >Subject: Re: Backwards File Dump
> >
> >
> >Tom Linden wrote:
> >> Now if you store the string 'DEADBEEF'B4 on say a VAX in location
> >> byte n  this is what will appear in memory
> >
> >Depends on how you define and then  "store" those 4 bytes. 
> >
> >If I use C for example, and I have
> >
> >char mystring[4] = 0xDEADBEEF ;
> >long myint = 0xDEADBEEF ;
> >
> >The first one will be stored in the same order as you typed it in. For the
> >second one, the compiler  will reverse the constant and store it 
> >as little endian.
> >
> >
> >if you then  use memcpy (&myint, &mystring, 4), then myint will contain
> >"deadbeef" in the big endian order because the code in memcpy 
> >copies byte by
> >byte without any endianness knowledge.
> >
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This thread is in serious need of a humor break.

The first thing that went through my mind when I saw the title was:

     If you do a Backwards File Dump do you get satanic binaries?

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"William Webb" <al5vf03p02@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
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>
> This thread is in serious need of a humor break.
>
> The first thing that went through my mind when I saw the title was:
>
>      If you do a Backwards File Dump do you get satanic binaries?
>

No, but you will find out where Paul is buried.