From 4440208018462731313 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,738ae3371beb3408 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: Hyman Rosen Subject: Re: portable method of determining endianness byte order. Date: 1999/11/30 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 555038989 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: firewall.jyacc.com Approved: stephen.clamage@sun.com (comp.std.c++) References: <38329967.470B6CED@hqs.mid.gmeds.com> <38359FF5.AB0B77E9@zetec.com> X-UID: 0000000001 X-Status: $$$T X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com X-Trace: news.panix.com 943997318 16764 209.49.126.226 (30 Nov 1999 21:28:38 GMT) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC NNTP-Posting-Date: 30 Nov 1999 21:28:38 GMT Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Originator: clamage@taumet Thomas Matelich writes: > Pukalo Boyd 810-492-3661 wrote: > > I have been trying to find a portable method of determining the > > endianness byte order at compile time > c = (char*)&n; > byte_ordering = (!*c) ? BIG_ENDIAN : LITTLE_ENDIAN; This does not happen at compile time, but at run time, so you have not answered the question. [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html ]