--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/src/endian_check.cpp	Thu Jan 11 13:41:16 2007 +0000
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+/* $Id$ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+// This pretty simple file checks if the system is LITTLE_ENDIAN or BIG_ENDIAN
+//  it does that by putting a 1 and a 0 in an array, and read it out as one
+//  number. If it is 1, it is LITTLE_ENDIAN, if it is 256, it is BIG_ENDIAN
+//
+// After that it outputs the contents of an include files (endian.h)
+//  that says or TTD_LITTLE_ENDIAN, or TTD_BIG_ENDIAN. Makefile takes
+//  care of the real writing to the file.
+
+int main (int argc, char *argv[]) {
+	unsigned char EndianTest[2] = { 1, 0 };
+	int force_BE = 0, force_LE = 0, force_PREPROCESSOR = 0;
+
+	if (argc > 1 && strcmp(argv[1], "BE") == 0)
+		force_BE = 1;
+	if (argc > 1 && strcmp(argv[1], "LE") == 0)
+		force_LE = 1;
+	if (argc > 1 && strcmp(argv[1], "PREPROCESSOR") == 0)
+		force_PREPROCESSOR = 1;
+
+	printf("#ifndef ENDIAN_H\n#define ENDIAN_H\n");
+
+	if (force_LE == 1) {
+		printf("#define TTD_LITTLE_ENDIAN\n");
+	} else {
+		if (force_BE == 1) {
+			printf("#define TTD_BIG_ENDIAN\n");
+		} else {
+			if (force_PREPROCESSOR == 1) {
+				// adding support for universal binaries on OSX
+				// Universal binaries supports both PPC and x86
+				// If a compiler for OSX gets this setting, it will always pick the correct endian and no test is needed
+				printf("#ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN__\n");
+				printf("#define TTD_BIG_ENDIAN\n");
+				printf("#else\n");
+				printf("#define TTD_LITTLE_ENDIAN\n");
+				printf("#endif\n");
+			} else {
+				if ( *(short *) EndianTest == 1 )
+					printf("#define TTD_LITTLE_ENDIAN\n");
+				else
+					printf("#define TTD_BIG_ENDIAN\n");
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	printf("#endif\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}