anchor.diff:  class function TConverters.ReadPCardinalAsUInt32LE(AInput: PCardinal): UInt32;
   begin
     result := le2me_32(ReadPCardinalAsUInt32(AInput));
  +end;
  +
  +class function TConverters.ReadPUInt64AsUInt64LE(AInput: PUInt64): UInt64;
  +begin
  +  result := le2me_64(ReadPUInt64AsUInt64(AInput));
  +end;
  +
  +class function TConverters.ReadPCardinalAsUInt32BE(AInput: PCardinal): UInt32;
  +begin
  +  result := be2me_32(ReadPCardinalAsUInt32(AInput));
  +end;
  +
  +class function TConverters.ReadPUInt64AsUInt64BE(AInput: PUInt64): UInt64;
  +begin
  +  result := be2me_64(ReadPUInt64AsUInt64(AInput));
  +end;
  +
  +class function TConverters.ReadBytesAsUInt32LE(AInput: PByte;
  +  AIndex: Int32): UInt32;
  +begin
  +  result := ReadPCardinalAsUInt32LE(PCardinal(AInput + AIndex));
     // while this below is slower, it's portable
     // result := (UInt32(AInput[AIndex])) or (UInt32(AInput[AIndex + 1]) shl 8) or
     // (UInt32(AInput[AIndex + 2]) shl 16) or (UInt32(AInput[AIndex + 3]) shl 24);
   end;
   
  -class function TConverters.ReadPUInt64AsUInt64LE(AInput: PUInt64): UInt64;
  -begin
  -  result := le2me_64(ReadPUInt64AsUInt64(AInput));
  +class function TConverters.ReadBytesAsUInt64LE(AInput: PByte;
  +  AIndex: Int32): UInt64;
  +begin
  +  result := ReadPUInt64AsUInt64LE(PUInt64(AInput + AIndex));
     // while this below is slower, it's portable
     // result := (UInt64(AInput[AIndex])) or (UInt64(AInput[AIndex + 1]) shl 8) or
     // (UInt64(AInput[AIndex + 2]) shl 16) or (UInt64(AInput[AIndex + 3]) shl 24)
  
positive.code:   AOutput[AIndex + 5] := Byte(AInput shr 16);
    AOutput[AIndex + 6] := Byte(AInput shr 8);
    AOutput[AIndex + 7] := Byte(AInput);
  end;
  
  class function TConverters.ReadBytesAsUInt32BE(AInput: PByte;
    AIndex: Int32): UInt32;
  begin
    result := (UInt32(AInput[AIndex]) shl 24) or
      (UInt32(AInput[AIndex + 1]) shl 16) or (UInt32(AInput[AIndex + 2]) shl 8) or
      (UInt32(AInput[AIndex + 3]));
  end;
  
  class function TConverters.ReadBytesAsUInt64BE(AInput: PByte;
    AIndex: Int32): UInt64;
  begin
    result := (UInt64(AInput[AIndex]) shl 56) or
      (UInt64(AInput[AIndex + 1]) shl 48) or (UInt64(AInput[AIndex + 2]) shl 40)
      or (UInt64(AInput[AIndex + 3]) shl 32) or
      (UInt64(AInput[AIndex + 4]) shl 24) or (UInt64(AInput[AIndex + 5]) shl 16)
      or (UInt64(AInput[AIndex + 6]) shl 8) or (UInt64(AInput[AIndex + 7]));
  end;
  
  class function TConverters.ReadPCardinalAsUInt32(AInput: PCardinal): UInt32;
  
negative.code:       static; inline;
  
      class function ReadPUInt64AsUInt64LE(AInput: PUInt64): UInt64;
        static; inline;
  
      class function ReadPCardinalAsUInt32BE(AInput: PCardinal): UInt32;
        static; inline;
  
      class function ReadPUInt64AsUInt64BE(AInput: PUInt64): UInt64;
        static; inline;
  
      class function ReadBytesAsUInt32LE(AInput: PByte; AIndex: Int32): UInt32;
  