Re: inline pixbufs

[Raja R Harinath <harinath cs umn edu>]

Dan Winship <danw@helixcode.com> writes:
> > +/* Is this Evil? I'm not sure. */
> > +#define GDK_PIXBUF_INLINE_MAGIC_NUMBER (* (guint32 *) "GdkPixbufMagic")
> 
> Yes, it's Evil. It generates a different value on big- and little-
> endian machines.

And may cause SIGSEGVs on some machines due to bad alignment.

- Hari
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