Greg Wilson writes: > The 'struct' module allows packing and unpacking > orders to be specified, but doesn't provide a hook > to report on the order used by the machine the Python 2.0 introduced sys.byteorder; check it out: http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-sys.html -Fred -- Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake at acm.org> PythonLabs at Digital Creations