julia> a = [10, 20, 30, 40]
julia> a_conv = hton.(a)
4-element Array{Int64,1}:
720575940379279360
1441151880758558720
2161727821137838080
2882303761517117440
julia> io = PipeBuffer()
julia> write(io, a_conv)
julia> raw_data = read(io)
32-element Array{UInt8,1}:
0x00
0x00
0x00
0x00
........
julia> ntoh.(reinterpret(Int64, raw_data))
4-element Array{Int64,1}:
10
20
30
40