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It looks like a useful tool, thank you for taking the time to write it. I realise that further down the page you explain what the various type definitions mean
by JosephRedfern 8y ago
It looks like a useful tool, thank you for taking the time to write it.
I realise that further down the page you explain what the various type definitions mean, but it might be nice to make that clear in the initial examples you give.
For instance, say:
See the per-byte layout (_oh1_) of a larger integer in big (_ih4b_) or little (_ih4l_) endian format, separating each byte with a space (_Ps_).
$ bo -n oh1 Ps ih4b 12345678
12 34 56 78
$ bo -n oh1 Ps ih4l 12345678
78 56 34 12
It otherwise look a little bit like voodoo to the untrained eye!
- kstenerud 8y agoYes, I was a bit torn between showing a bunch of what it can do, and getting so verbose that people stop reading. This tool is surprisingly difficult to explain concisely!
- socialentp 8y agoThat seems to be a reality of the “Swiss Army Knife for X” products. Tons of features are a blessing and a curse. You should listen to this Masters of Scale episode for an in-depth discussion of how to overcome the inherent marketing challenges: https://mastersofscale.com/diane-greene-look-sideways/ https://mastersofscale.com/diane-greene-look-sideways/