My vote too. How often does configure come across a system which doesn't
have a macro defining the byte order?
I've done this for now in the Darwin OpenSSH sources:
#if (defined(BYTE_ORDER) && defined(BIG_ENDIAN) && (BYTE_ORDER ==
BIG_ENDIAN)) || defined(WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
...
matt.
On Monday, June 25, 2001, at 01:30 PM, Mike Castle wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 01:51:27PM -0700, Matt Watson wrote:
>> I'm trying to figure out the best way to fix this. Is the
>
> Fix the code so it doesn't require knowledge of the endianess of the
> machine.
>
> Personally, I'd vote for getting rid of AC_C_BIGENDIAN. No need to in
> supporting poor programming.
>
> mrc
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> different"); -- gcc
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