swapop.c   [plain text]


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*                            AT&T Research                             *
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*                 Glenn Fowler <gsf@research.att.com>                  *
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#pragma prototyped
/*
 * Glenn Fowler
 * AT&T Research
 *
 * internal representation conversion support
 */

#include <ast.h>
#include <swap.h>

/*
 * return the swap operation for external to internal conversion
 * if size<0 then (-size) used and (-size==4)&&(op==3) => op=7
 * this is a workaround for 4 byte magic predicting 8 byte swap
 */

int
swapop(const void* internal, const void* external, int size)
{
	register int	op;
	register int	z;
	char		tmp[sizeof(intmax_t)];

	if ((z = size) < 0)
		z = -z;
	if (z <= 1)
		return 0;
	if (z <= sizeof(intmax_t))
		for (op = 0; op < z; op++)
			if (!memcmp(internal, swapmem(op, external, tmp, z), z))
			{
				if (size < 0 && z == 4 && op == 3)
					op = 7;
				return op;
			}
	return -1;
}