Re: Juggling with binary files?

"Andreas Thiele" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

currently I have to process binary files. They contain 8, 16 and 32 bit values in little and big
endian format as well as 8 bit characters and any mix of these. I am thinking about easy access to
the individual values and don't want to re-invent the wheel.
[...]
1. Does something like this already exist?

Yes, see:

Practical: Parsing Binary Files
(chapter 24 of Peter Seibel's book "Practical Common Lisp";
source code available at the book site)
http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/practical-parsing-binary-files.html

BINARY-TYPES
www.cl-user.net/asp/libs/binary-types


Paolo
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