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diff --git a/src/utils/endians.nim b/src/utils/endians.nim
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+when defined(gcc) or defined(llvm_gcc) or defined(clang):
+  const useBuiltinSwap = true
+  proc builtin_bswap32(a: uint32): uint32 {.
+      importc: "__builtin_bswap32", nodecl, noSideEffect.}
+elif defined(icc):
+  const useBuiltinSwap = true
+  proc builtin_bswap32(a: uint32): uint32 {.
+      importc: "_bswap", nodecl, noSideEffect.}
+elif defined(vcc):
+  const useBuiltinSwap = true
+  proc builtin_bswap32(a: uint32): uint32 {.
+      importc: "_byteswap_ulong", nodecl, header: "<intrin.h>", noSideEffect.}
+else:
+  const useBuiltinSwap = false
+
+when useBuiltinSwap:
+  proc swap(u: uint32): uint32 {.inline.} =
+    return builtin_bswap32(u)
+else:
+  proc swap(u: uint32): uint32 {.inline.} =
+    return ((u and 0xFF000000) shr 24) or
+      ((u and 0x00FF0000) shr 8) or
+      ((u and 0x0000FF00) shl 8) or
+      (u shl 24)
+
+proc fromBytesBEu32*(x: openArray[uint8]): uint32 {.inline.} =
+  var u {.noInit.}: uint32
+  copyMem(addr u, unsafeAddr x[0], sizeof(uint32))
+  when system.cpuEndian == littleEndian:
+    return swap(u)
+  else:
+    return u
+
+proc toBytesBE*(u: uint32): array[sizeof(uint32), uint8] {.inline.} =
+  when system.cpuEndian == littleEndian:
+    var u = swap(u)
+    copyMem(addr result[0], addr u, sizeof(uint32))
+  else:
+    copyMem(addr result[0], unsafeAddr u, sizeof(uint32))