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#:title: ByteOrder
#--
# ByteOrder
# v 1.0
#
# Copyright (c) 2003 Michael Neumann
#
# $Id: byteorder.rb,v 1.0 2005/04/28 03:10:10 transami Exp $
#
# ==========================================================================
# Revision History ::
# YYYY.MM.DD  Ver.   Dev.  Description
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 2005.04.28  1.0    TO    Minor modifications to documentation.
# ==========================================================================
#++

# = Description
#
# To do.
#
# == Usage
#
# To do.
#
# == Author(s)
#
# * Michael Neumann
#

module ByteOrder
  VERSION = '1.0.0'

  Native = :Native
  BigEndian = Big = Network = :BigEndian
  LittleEndian = Little = :LittleEndian

  # examines the byte order of the underlying machine
  def byte_order
    if [0x12345678].pack("L") == "\x12\x34\x56\x78" 
      BigEndian
    else
      LittleEndian
    end
  end

  alias byteorder byte_order 

  def little_endian?
    byte_order == LittleEndian
  end

  def big_endian?
    byte_order == BigEndian
  end

  alias little? little_endian? 
  alias big? big_endian?
  alias network? big_endian?

  module_function :byte_order, :byteorder
  module_function :little_endian?, :little?
  module_function :big_endian?, :big?, :network?
end 

Version data entries

3 entries across 3 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
facets-0.7.0	lib/facet/byteorder.rb
facets-0.7.1	lib/facet/byteorder.rb
facets-0.7.2	lib/facet/byteorder.rb