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<a href="#M000593">big?</a>
<a href="#M000591">big_endian?</a>
<a href="#M000588">byte_order</a>
<a href="#M000589">byteorder</a>
<a href="#M000592">little?</a>
<a href="#M000590">little_endian?</a>
<a href="#M000594">network?</a>
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<td class="context-item-name">BigEndian</td>
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<td class="context-item-value">Big = Network = :BigEndian</td>
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<span class="method-name">big?</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
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Alias for <a href="ByteOrder.html#M000591">big_endian?</a>
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<span class="ruby-comment cmt"># File lib/carat/byteorder.rb, line 23</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword kw">def</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">big_endian?</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">byte_order</span> <span class="ruby-operator">==</span> <span class="ruby-constant">BigEndian</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
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<span class="method-name">byte_order</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
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examines the byte order of the underlying machine
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<span class="ruby-comment cmt"># File lib/carat/byteorder.rb, line 9</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword kw">def</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">byte_order</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword kw">if</span> [<span class="ruby-value">0x12345678</span>].<span class="ruby-identifier">pack</span>(<span class="ruby-value str">"L"</span>) <span class="ruby-operator">==</span> <span class="ruby-value str">"\x12\x34\x56\x78"</span>
<span class="ruby-constant">BigEndian</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword kw">else</span>
<span class="ruby-constant">LittleEndian</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
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<span class="method-name">byteorder</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
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Alias for <a href="ByteOrder.html#M000588">byte_order</a>
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<span class="method-name">little?</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
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Alias for <a href="ByteOrder.html#M000590">little_endian?</a>
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<span class="ruby-comment cmt"># File lib/carat/byteorder.rb, line 19</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword kw">def</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">little_endian?</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">byte_order</span> <span class="ruby-operator">==</span> <span class="ruby-constant">LittleEndian</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
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Alias for <a href="ByteOrder.html#M000591">big_endian?</a>
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