From 4594427620465871173 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: 1999/11/19 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 550658614 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: firewall.jyacc.com Approved: stephen.clamage@sun.com (comp.std.c++) References: <38329967.470B6CED@hqs.mid.gmeds.com> X-UID: 0000000001 X-Status: $$$T X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com X-Trace: news.panix.com 943038120 6428 209.49.126.226 (19 Nov 1999 19:02:00 GMT) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Nov 1999 19:02:00 GMT Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Originator: clamage@taumet Pukalo Boyd 810-492-3661 writes: > I have been trying to find a portable method of determining the > endianness byte order at compile time There is no such way. You will need to supply this information externally, usually as part of the build process. [ 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 ]