ENDIAN.H(3HEAD) Headers ENDIAN.H(3HEAD)

NAME

endian.h - definitions for endian routines

SYNOPSIS

#include <endian.h>

DESCRIPTION

The <endian.h> header defines functions and macros focused on converting
data between the host machines native byte order and big or little-endian
values. While the manual page details the macros defined by <endian.h>,
the functions are documented separately in endian(3C). More information on
endianness and a general background on the topic can be found in
byteorder(7).

The <endian.h> header defines the following macros:

LITTLE_ENDIAN
A constant used to indicate a little-endian integer. It is always
defined, regardless of the actual endianess of the underlying
platform. This macro should be used to compare against the
BYTE_ORDER macro.

BIG_ENDIAN
A constant used to indicate a big-endian integer. It is always
defined, regardless of the actual endianess of the underlying
platform. This macro should be used to compare against the
BYTE_ORDER macro.

PDP_ENDIAN
A constant used to indicate the endianness used for four byte
values on the PDP-11. It is always defined, regardless of the
actual endianess of the underlying platform. This macro should be
used to compare against the BYTE_ORDER macro.

BYTE_ORDER
The value of the BYTE_ORDER macro will be one of LITTLE_ENDIAN or
BIG_ENDIAN. At this time, no supported architectures use the byte
order indicated by the PDP_ENDIAN macro.

To determine the byte order of a system, one may compare the
BYTE_ORDER to one of the aforementioned macros.

In addition to the routines provided by this header, standardized functions
may be found in byteorder(3C). The header types.h(3HEAD) also defines
additional pre-processor symbols to determine the current endianness of the
system.

INTERFACE STABILITY

Committed

SEE ALSO

byteorder(3C), endian(3C), types.h(3HEAD), attributes(7), byteorder(7)

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