+/**
+ * Read a 64 bits big endian unsigned integer out of memory.
+ * @param x a pointer to the input memory
+ * @return the corresponding unsigned integer
+ */
+#define RB64(x) (((uint64_t)((const uint8_t*)(x))[0] << 56) | \
+ ((uint64_t)((const uint8_t*)(x))[1] << 48) | \
+ ((uint64_t)((const uint8_t*)(x))[2] << 40) | \
+ ((uint64_t)((const uint8_t*)(x))[3] << 32) | \
+ ((uint64_t)((const uint8_t*)(x))[4] << 24) | \
+ ((uint64_t)((const uint8_t*)(x))[5] << 16) | \
+ ((uint64_t)((const uint8_t*)(x))[6] << 8) | \
+ (uint64_t)((const uint8_t*)(x))[7])
+
+/**
+ * Read a 64 bits little endian unsigned integer out of memory.
+ * @param x a pointer to the input memory
+ * @return the corresponding unsigned integer
+ */
+#define RL64(x) (((uint64_t)((const uint8_t*)(x))[7] << 56) | \
+ ((uint64_t)((const uint8_t*)(x))[6] << 48) | \
+ ((uint64_t)((const uint8_t*)(x))[5] << 40) | \
+ ((uint64_t)((const uint8_t*)(x))[4] << 32) | \
+ ((uint64_t)((const uint8_t*)(x))[3] << 24) | \
+ ((uint64_t)((const uint8_t*)(x))[2] << 16) | \
+ ((uint64_t)((const uint8_t*)(x))[1] << 8) | \
+ (uint64_t)((const uint8_t*)(x))[0])
+
+/**
+ * Read a 64 bits little endian signed integer out of memory.
+ * @param x a pointer to the input memory
+ * @return the corresponding unsigned integer
+ */
+#define RL64S(x) ((int64_t) \
+ (((uint64_t)((const uint8_t*)(x))[7] << 56) | \
+ ((uint64_t)((const uint8_t*)(x))[6] << 48) | \
+ ((uint64_t)((const uint8_t*)(x))[5] << 40) | \
+ ((uint64_t)((const uint8_t*)(x))[4] << 32) | \
+ ((uint64_t)((const uint8_t*)(x))[3] << 24) | \
+ ((uint64_t)((const uint8_t*)(x))[2] << 16) | \
+ ((uint64_t)((const uint8_t*)(x))[1] << 8) | \
+ (uint64_t)((const uint8_t*)(x))[0]))
+
+/**
+ * Read a 32 bits big endian float out of memory.
+ * @param x a pointer to the input memory
+ * @return the corresponding float
+ */
+#define RBFL(x) ((union { uint32_t u; float f; }) { .u = RB32(x) }.f)
+
+/**
+ * Read a 32 bits little endian float out of memory.
+ * @param x a pointer to the input memory
+ * @return the corresponding float
+ */
+#define RLFL(x) ((union { uint32_t u; float f; }) { .u = RL32(x) }.f)
+