explain use of byte-order sigil
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@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ def body_and_tail(data):
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nblocks = l // 16
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nblocks = l // 16
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tail = l % 16
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tail = l % 16
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if nblocks:
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if nblocks:
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# we use '<', specifying little-endian byte order for data bigger than
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# a byte so behavior is the same on little- and big-endian platforms
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return struct.unpack_from('<' + ('qq' * nblocks), data), struct.unpack_from('b' * tail, data, -tail), l
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return struct.unpack_from('<' + ('qq' * nblocks), data), struct.unpack_from('b' * tail, data, -tail), l
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else:
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else:
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return tuple(), struct.unpack_from('b' * tail, data, -tail), l
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return tuple(), struct.unpack_from('b' * tail, data, -tail), l
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