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On Dec 19, 2011, at 3:57 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> In message <201112191152.22907.tijl@coosemans.org>, Tijl Coosemans =
writes:
>=20
>>> Big/Little Endian API ?
>>>=20
>>> Naah, nobody moves binary data between computers.
>>=20
>> Yes, but rather than having the programmer remember when to swap =
bytes,
>> it would be better if he could just declare a variable big/little
>> endian and have the compiler figure it out.
>=20
> You'd think so, wouldn't you ?

Intel has a compiler that allows one to declare things are big or little =
endian and then things work.  A certain large router vendor used it to =
port its software that was big endian only at a very deep layer to Intel =
x86...

Linux marks things as beXX or leXX and uses static analysis to prevent =
mixing.

There's a lot of prior art for the committee to choose from.

Warner