# Utility for `read_float`
	private fun native_read_float(b0, b1, b2, b3: Int, big_endian: Bool): Float `{
		union {
			unsigned char b[4];
			float val;
			uint32_t conv;
		} u;

		u.b[0] = b0;
		u.b[1] = b1;
		u.b[2] = b2;
		u.b[3] = b3;

		if (big_endian)
			u.conv = be32toh(u.conv);
		else u.conv = le32toh(u.conv);

		return u.val;
	`}