case 'i':
    case 'I':
    case 'n':
	if (NeedReversing(type)) {
	    value = (long) (buffer[0]
		    + (buffer[1] << 8)
		    + (buffer[2] << 16)
		    + (((long)buffer[3]) << 24));
		    + (((unsigned long)buffer[3]) << 24));
	} else {
	    value = (long) (buffer[3]
		    + (buffer[2] << 8)
		    + (buffer[1] << 16)
		    + (((long) buffer[0]) << 24));
		    + (((unsigned long) buffer[0]) << 24));
	}

	/*
	 * Check to see if the value was sign extended properly on systems
	 * where an int is more than 32-bits.
	 *
	 * We avoid caching unsigned integers as we cannot distinguish between