Strange problem with structs Linux vs. Mac

Martin Blume mblume at freesurf.ch
Tue Mar 18 12:53:55 EDT 2008


"Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch" schrieb 
> 
> > I don't think this qualifies as a bug, but I am astonished
> > that the struct module does not tell you whether you are
> > big endian, you have to find out yourself with
> >    struct.unpack('@I', s)[0]==struct.unpack(">I", s)[0]
> 
> Maybe a little more compact and readable:
> 
> In [92]: sys.byteorder
> Out[92]: 'little'
> 
Yes, indeed it is more compact and readable.
Thanks.
Martin





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