CryptoSwift/Sources/CryptoSwift/Generics.swift

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/// Array of bytes. Caution: don't use directly because generic is slow.
///
/// - parameter value: integer value
/// - parameter length: length of output array. By default size of value type
///
/// - returns: Array of bytes
@_specialize(where T == Int)
@_specialize(where T == UInt)
@_specialize(where T == UInt8)
@_specialize(where T == UInt16)
@_specialize(where T == UInt32)
@_specialize(where T == UInt64)
func arrayOfBytes<T: FixedWidthInteger>(value: T, length totalBytes: Int = MemoryLayout<T>.size) -> Array<UInt8> {
  let valuePointer = UnsafeMutablePointer<T>.allocate(capacity: 1)
  valuePointer.pointee = value

  let bytesPointer = UnsafeMutablePointer<UInt8>(OpaquePointer(valuePointer))
  var bytes = Array<UInt8>(repeating: 0, count: totalBytes)
  for j in 0..<min(MemoryLayout<T>.size, totalBytes) {
    bytes[totalBytes - 1 - j] = (bytesPointer + j).pointee
  }

  valuePointer.deinitialize(count: 1)
  valuePointer.deallocate()

  return bytes
}