One little endian question

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Brian K. White (Mon, 3 Mar 2008 13:19:37 -0500):

[...]
> ---snip---
> It's easy enough to write code to check if you are big or little   
> endian. The following function returns true if we are big endian.
>   int am_big_endian()
>   {
>      long one= 1;
>      return !(*((char *)(&one)));
>   }
> ---snip---
>
> ie: write the value "1" into a long, then read back only a char. If   
> you get a 1 you are big-endian. If you get a 0 you are little endian.

Well, it doesn't work for middle-endian systems, but since filePro doesn't
run on any such system, the point is moot.

[...]
> Laura's trick fills the bill, it just requires an external file to   
> exist along with the processing and assumes that file is correctly   
> formatted for the platform the code is running on.

If you're in *clerk, you have a screen.  If you're in *report, you have
an output format (unless you're running with "-fp").  Both are guaranteed
to be in the correct byte order.

[...]

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