Endian Support

Run-time byte order detection. More...

Collaboration diagram for Endian Support:

Files
file	endian.h

Enumerations
enum	bu_endian_t { BU_LITTLE_ENDIAN = 1234 , BU_BIG_ENDIAN = 4321 , BU_PDP_ENDIAN = 3412 }

Functions
bu_endian_t	bu_byteorder (void)

Detailed Description

Run-time byte order detection.

Enumeration Type Documentation

bu_endian_t

enum bu_endian_t

Enumerator
BU_LITTLE_ENDIAN	LSB first: i386, VAX order
BU_BIG_ENDIAN	MSB first: 68000, IBM, network order
BU_PDP_ENDIAN	LSB first in word, MSW first in long

Definition at line 38 of file endian.h.

Function Documentation

bu_byteorder()

bu_endian_t bu_byteorder

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void

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returns the platform byte ordering (e.g., big-/little-endian)