gmio/src/gmio_core/endian.h

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**
** This software is a reusable library whose purpose is to provide complete
** I/O support for various CAD file formats (eg. STL)
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/*! \file endian.h
 *  Architecture endianness
 */

#ifndef GMIO_ENDIAN_H
#define GMIO_ENDIAN_H

#include "global.h"

/*! This enum identifies common endianness (byte order) of computer memory */
enum gmio_endianness
{
    GMIO_LITTLE_ENDIAN,
    GMIO_BIG_ENDIAN,
    GMIO_OTHER_ENDIAN
};

typedef enum gmio_endianness gmio_endianness_t;

/*! Constants for host endianness */
enum {
#ifdef GMIO_HOST_IS_BIG_ENDIAN
    GMIO_HOST_ENDIANNESS = GMIO_BIG_ENDIAN
#else
    /*! Defines the endianness(byte order) used by the host computer for storing
     *  data in memory.
     *
     * It is set at configure-time to one of the value of gmio_endianness
     */
    GMIO_HOST_ENDIANNESS = GMIO_LITTLE_ENDIAN
#endif
};

GMIO_C_LINKAGE_BEGIN

/*! Returns endianness (byte order) of the host's CPU architecture */
GMIO_LIB_EXPORT gmio_endianness_t gmio_host_endianness();

GMIO_C_LINKAGE_END

#endif /* GMIO_ENDIAN_H */