[Mono-dev] list of platform-differences

[Robert Jordan]

Andreas Heertsch wrote:
> Andreas and all
> offcourse this could be expected - if I RFM (read the fucking manual). But
> as a unexperienced mono user I expect, that mono sheelds me from
> *any*hardware dependend issue.
> 
> I can understand, that this expectation is not fully realized in the
> present, but I would not understand, that this would not be a challenge for
> mono.
> 

BitConverter is broken by design (by MS) and it can't be fixed.

You can find a byte order aware converter in Mono's sources:

http://anonsvn.mono-project.com/viewvc/trunk/mcs/class/corlib/Mono/DataConverter.cs?view=co

Feel free to include this file in your projects.

Robert