Bytes on rustbiteshttps://www.rustbites.com/tags/bytes/Recent content in Bytes on rustbitesHugoenTue, 07 Jul 2026 09:38:34 +0200240. to_le_bytes / from_le_bytes — Serialize Integers Without unsafe or Bit-Shiftinghttps://www.rustbites.com/posts/bite-240/Sat, 04 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.rustbites.com/posts/bite-240/<p>Packing a <code>u32</code> into four bytes by hand means a stack of <code>&gt;&gt;</code> and <code>as u8</code> casts — and one wrong shift silently corrupts your data. Every integer type already knows how to lay itself out, in the exact endianness you ask for.</p>