[Python-3000] struni and the Apple four-character-codes

[Jack Jansen]

One minor point (that may already have been addressed, I've not seen  
the whole discussion): note that 4CCs not only occur on the Mac but  
also in various other contexts: AIFF files use 4CCs to define chunk  
types, MP4 files use them for a gazillion different things (media  
types, codec types, etc). Actually, codec types are generally defined  
by their 4CC, and some times these even get to be used as their  
mainstream name (divx and xvid).

It may be worthwhile to add generalized support somewhere to handle  
converting 4CCs from readable to binary representation. And, of  
course, the world being as it is some formats (Mac OSTypes, for  
example, and probably quicktime/mp4 as well, but I'm not sure)  
represent 4CCs in big-endian order, others (AIFF) in little-endian.
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Jack Jansen, <Jack.Jansen at cwi.nl>, http://www.cwi.nl/~jack
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