tml#VALbig_endian"><code class="code">Sys.big_endian</code></a>.</p>

<p>32-bit and 64-bit integers are represented by the <code class="code">int32</code> and
    <code class="code">int64</code> types, which can be interpreted either as signed or
    unsigned numbers.</p>

<p>8-bit and 16-bit integers are represented by the <code class="code">int</code> type,
    which has more bits than the binary encoding.  These extra bits
    are handled as follows:</p>
<ul>
<li>Functions that decode signed (resp. unsig