ode>assume_external_byte_order</code>.
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<dt><u>Function:</u> <b>read_binary_list</b><i> (<var>S</var>)</i>
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<dt><u>Function:</u> <b>read_binary_list</b><i> (<var>S</var>, <var>L</var>)</i>
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<dd><p><code>read_binary_list(<var>S</var>)</code> reads the entire content of the source <var>S</var>
as a sequence of binary 8-byte floating point numbers, and returns it as a list.
The source <var>S</var> may be a file name or a stream.
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