Re: writing to binary files

[KHMan <keinhong@...>]

KHMan wrote:
> Merick wrote:
>> Alright, making some progress here. I've tested the patched dll that
>> Shmuel sent me and I've been able to get FB to correctly read most of
>> the data written with this, but I'm still having trouble with longints.
>> Using this:
>>
>> a = struct.pack("l",-1)
>> print(table.concat({string.byte(a,1,#a)}," "))
>>
>> the output I get is 255 255 255 255, is this the correct output for this?
> 
> Yep, it's an unsigned 32-bit int in 2s complement format.

Sorry, "signed". Lack of caffeine.

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