Message172403
> > Ouch, sounds confusing. I would rather have PY_LITTLE_ENDIAN defined only
> > on little-endian machines and PY_BIG_ENDIAN only on big-endian machines.
> > (and PY_BYTE_ORDER isn't necessary)
>
> Why use two complementary boolean variables for a single boolean value (Python
> does not support mixed endian in any case)?
Because it's simply more practical than having to remember which one
exists :-)
> There is WORDS_BIGENDIAN already.
A rather unfortunate IMHO. |
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2012-10-08 19:02:21 | pitrou | set | recipients:
+ pitrou, christian.heimes, serhiy.storchaka |
2012-10-08 19:02:21 | pitrou | link | issue16166 messages |
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