--- libecb/ecb.pod 2011/08/25 16:06:08 1.38 +++ libecb/ecb.pod 2012/05/28 08:40:25 1.41 @@ -56,6 +56,17 @@ is usually implemented as a macro. Specifically, a "bool" in this manual refers to any kind of boolean value, not a specific type. +=head2 TYPES / TYPE SUPPORT + +ecb.h makes sure that the following types are defined (in the expected way): + + int8_t uint8_t int16_t uint16_t + int32_t uint32_t int64_t uint64_t + intptr_t uintptr_t + +The macro C is defined to the size of a pointer on this +platform (currently C<4> or C<8>). + =head2 GCC ATTRIBUTES A major part of libecb deals with GCC attributes. These are additional @@ -427,6 +438,14 @@ ecb_ctz32 (3) = 0 ecb_ctz32 (6) = 1 +=item bool ecb_is_pot32 (uint32_t x) + +=item bool ecb_is_pot64 (uint32_t x) + +Return true iff C is a power of two or C. + +For smaller types then C you can safely use C. + =item int ecb_ld32 (uint32_t x) =item int ecb_ld64 (uint64_t x) @@ -457,6 +476,20 @@ ecb_popcount32 (7) = 3 ecb_popcount32 (255) = 8 +=item uint8_t ecb_bitrev8 (uint8_t x) + +=item uint16_t ecb_bitrev16 (uint16_t x) + +=item uint32_t ecb_bitrev32 (uint32_t x) + +Reverses the bits in x, i.e. the MSB becomes the LSB, MSB-1 becomes LSB+1 +and so on. + +Example: + + ecb_bitrev8 (0xa7) = 0xea + ecb_bitrev32 (0xffcc4411) = 0x882233ff + =item uint32_t ecb_bswap16 (uint32_t x) =item uint32_t ecb_bswap32 (uint32_t x)