Aaru/Aaru.Helpers/BitEndian.cs

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// Filename       : BitEndian.cs
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//     Defines enumerations of bit endianness.
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namespace Aaru.Helpers;

/// <summary>Describes the endianness of bits on a data structure</summary>
public enum BitEndian
{
    /// <summary>Little-endian, or least significant bit</summary>
    Little,
    /// <summary>Big-endian, or most significant bit</summary>
    Big,
    /// <summary>PDP-11 endian, little endian except for 32-bit integers where the 16 halves are swapped between them</summary>
    Pdp
}