endian.c

The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a numerical library for C and C++ programmers.

/* ieee-utils/endian.c
 * 
 * Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Brian Gough
 * 
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
 * your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 */

#include <config.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <gsl/gsl_ieee_utils.h>

static int little_endian_p (void) ;

static int 
little_endian_p (void) {
  /* Are we little or big endian?  From Harbison & Steele.  */
  union
  {
    long l;
    char c[sizeof (long)];
  } u;
  u.l = 1;
  return (u.c[sizeof (long) - 1] == 1);
}