A basic type is used to define any atomic binary object. All integer types are defined using a basic type. The size flag describes the width in bits of the data type.
meta.basic:
{
@u8["size"],
@u8["flags"]
};
Flags is 8 bits of additional information about the atomic data. Currently only one bit is used to describe endiness of the data.
- bit 1-7: reserved
- bit 0: 0 for big endian, 1 for little endian.