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/*
A simple translation between bytes and numbers with specific endian encodings.
Example:
buf: [100]u8
put_u16(buf[:], .Little, 16) or_return
// You may ask yourself, why isn't `byte_order` platform Endianness by default, so we can write:
put_u16(buf[:], 16) or_return
// The answer is that very few file formats are written in native/platform endianness. Most of them specify the endianness of
// each of their fields, or use a header field which specifies it for the entire file.
// e.g. a file which specifies it at the top for all fields could do this:
file_order := .Little if buf[0] == 0 else .Big
field := get_u16(buf[1:], file_order) or_return
// If on the other hand a field is *always* Big-Endian, you're wise to explicitly state it for the benefit of the reader,
// be that your future self or someone else.
field := get_u16(buf[:], .Big) or_return
*/
package encoding_endian
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