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Endian.cc
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45 //=============================================================================
46 //
47 // Helper Functions for binary reading / writing
48 //
49 //=============================================================================
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51 
52 //== INCLUDES =================================================================
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55 #include <OpenMesh/Core/Utils/Endian.hh>
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57 
58 //== NAMESPACES ===============================================================
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60 
61 namespace OpenMesh {
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63 
64 //== IMPLEMENTATION ===========================================================
65 
66 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
67 
68 int Endian::one_ = 1;
69 
70 const Endian::Type Endian::local_ = *((unsigned char*)&Endian::one_)
71  ? Endian::LSB
72  : Endian::MSB;
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74 const char * Endian::as_string(Type _t)
75 {
76  return _t == LSB ? "LSB" : "MSB";
77 }
78 
79 //=============================================================================
80 } // namespace OpenMesh
81 //=============================================================================
Little endian (Intel family and clones)
Definition: Endian.hh:78
big endian (Motorola&#39;s 68x family, DEC Alpha, MIPS)
Definition: Endian.hh:79
static const char * as_string(Type _t)
Return type _t as string.
Definition: Endian.cc:74