><i> (<var>S</var>, <var>M</var>)</i>
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<dd><p>Reads binary 8-byte floating point numbers from the source <var>S</var> into the matrix <var>M</var>
until <var>M</var> is full, or the source is exhausted.
Elements of <var>M</var> are read in row-major order.
</p>
<p>The source <var>S</var> may be a file name or a stream.
</p>
<p>The byte order in elements of the source is specified by <code>assume_external_byte_order</code>.
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<dt><u>Function:</u> <b>read_binary