[gmpi] Re: GMPI SDK snapshot online
- From: "Jack O'Quin" <joq@xxxxxx>
- To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 21:27:43 -0500
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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