endian.c
author Markus Bröker <mbroeker@largo.dyndns.tv>
Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:20:47 +0200
changeset 132 54a04f5f141d
parent 106 a540a842ddef
permissions -rw-r--r--
Adjusted to show side effects and their handling When dealing with static buffers, successive calls point to the same memory location and overwrite formers ones... committer: Markus Bröker <mbroeker@largo.homelinux.org>

/**
 * endian.c
 * Copyright (C) 2008 Markus Broeker
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int endian ()
{
    unsigned short word = 0x1234;
    unsigned char *p = (unsigned char *)&word;

    return (p[0] == 0x34);
}

int main (int argc, char **argv)
{
    printf ("%s Endian System\n", (endian ())? "Little" : "Big");

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}