+/* Read/write "x" from/to "file" as bigendian representation of "size" bits. */
+static uint8_t read_uintX_bigendian(FILE * file, uint32_t * x, uint8_t size);
+static uint8_t write_uintX_bigendian(FILE * file, uint32_t x, uint8_t size);
+
+
+
+static uint8_t read_uintX_bigendian(FILE * file, uint32_t * x, uint8_t size)
+{
+ if (0 != size % 8)
+ {
+ return 1;
+ }
+ int16_t bitshift = size - 8;
+
+ * x = 0;
+ int test;
+ for (; bitshift >= 0; bitshift = bitshift - 8)
+ {
+ test = fgetc(file);
+ if (EOF == test)
+ {
+ return 1;
+ }
+ * x = * x + ((uint32_t) test << bitshift);
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+
+
+static uint8_t write_uintX_bigendian(FILE * file, uint32_t x, uint8_t size)
+{
+ if (0 != size % 8)
+ {
+ return 1;
+ }
+ int16_t bitshift = size - 8;
+
+ for (; bitshift >= 0; bitshift = bitshift - 8)
+ {
+ if (EOF == fputc((x >> bitshift) & 0xFF, file))
+ {
+ return 1;
+ }
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+
+
+extern uint8_t read_uint8(FILE * file, uint8_t * x)
+{
+ uint32_t y = * x;
+ uint8_t err = read_uintX_bigendian(file, &y, 8);
+ * x = (uint8_t) y;
+ return err;
+}
+
+
+
+extern uint8_t read_uint16_bigendian(FILE * file, uint16_t * x)
+{
+ uint32_t y = * x;
+ uint8_t err = read_uintX_bigendian(file, &y, 16);
+ * x = (uint16_t) y;
+ return err;
+}
+
+
+
+extern uint8_t read_uint32_bigendian(FILE * file, uint32_t * x)