[gmpi] Re: GMPI SDK snapshot online

Tim Hockin <thockin@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 07:41:54PM -0500, Jack O'Quin wrote:
>> This is probably a stupid question, but why define the GUID this way?
>> 
>> /*
>>  * Globally Unique Identifier
>>  *
>>  * This is the established layout for a GUID.
>>  */
>> struct GMPI_Guid {
>>      uint32_t data1;
>>      uint16_t data2;
>>      uint16_t data3;
>>      unsigned char data4[8];
>> };
>> 
>> Why not just a single `unsigned char data[16]'?
>
> I have no idea - all the code I could find on the web did it this way,
> which does not even correspond to the standard printed notation.  For fear
> of horking byte-ordering, I stuck with what I saw in use :)

So, the order is *intended* to change on differently endian machines?

Gack!  :-/
-- 
  joq

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