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Protocol Types

The following data types are defined and used in protocol packets:

IMPI_Int4:
32-bit signed integer
IMPI_Uint4:
32-bit unsigned integer
IMPI_Int8:
64-bit signed integer
IMPI_Uint8:
64-bit unsigned integer

All integral values are in two's complement big-endian format. Big-endian means most significant byte at lowest byte address.



IMPI Protocol ver 0.0
DRAFT March 22, 1999