Sound.Osc.Coding.Cast

Bit-level type casts and byte layout string typecasts.

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f32_w32 :: Float -> Word32

The IEEE byte representation of a float.

>>> f32_w32 pi
1078530011

>>> f32_w32 (-7913907.5)
3404825447

>>> 23 ^ 7
3404825447

w32_f32 :: Word32 -> Float

Inverse of f32_w32.

>>> w32_f32 1078530011
3.1415927

>>> w32_f32 (23 ^ 7)
-7913907.5

f64_w64 :: Double -> Word64

The IEEE byte representation of a double.

>>> f64_w64 pi
4614256656552045848

>>> f64_w64 1.6822072834e-314
3404825447

w64_f64 :: Word64 -> Double

Inverse of f64_w64.

>>> w64_f64 4614256656552045848
3.141592653589793

>>> w64_f64 (23 ^ 7)
1.6822072834e-314

str_cstr :: String -> [Word8]

Transform a haskell string into a C string (a null suffixed byte string).

cstr_str :: [Word8] -> String

Inverse of str_cstr.

str_pstr :: String -> [Word8]

Transform a haskell string to a pascal string (a length prefixed byte string).

pstr_str :: [Word8] -> String

Inverse of str_pstr.