docs: def read_24bit_uint(self):
          """
          Reads a 24 bit unsigned integer from the stream.
  
          @since: 0.4
          """
          order = None
  
          if not self._is_big_endian():
              order = [0, 8, 16]
          else:
              order = [16, 8, 0]
  
          n = 0
  
          for x in order:
              n += (self.read_uchar() << x)
  
          return n