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12 changes: 6 additions & 6 deletions library/core/src/num/mod.rs
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Expand Up @@ -4383,8 +4383,8 @@ assert_eq!(
}

doc_comment! {
concat!("Create an integer value from its representation as a byte array in
big endian.
concat!("Create a native endian integer value from its representation
as a byte array in big endian.
",
$from_xe_bytes_doc,
"
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -4416,8 +4416,8 @@ fn read_be_", stringify!($SelfT), "(input: &mut &[u8]) -> ", stringify!($SelfT),

doc_comment! {
concat!("
Create an integer value from its representation as a byte array in
little endian.
Create a native endian integer value from its representation
as a byte array in little endian.
",
$from_xe_bytes_doc,
"
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -4448,8 +4448,8 @@ fn read_le_", stringify!($SelfT), "(input: &mut &[u8]) -> ", stringify!($SelfT),
}

doc_comment! {
concat!("Create an integer value from its memory representation as a byte
array in native endianness.
concat!("Create a native endian integer value from its memory representation
as a byte array in native endianness.

As the target platform's native endianness is used, portable code
likely wants to use [`from_be_bytes`] or [`from_le_bytes`], as
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