On Feb 5, 7:44 pm, Paul Pluzhnikov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Larry Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Perhaps the confusion comes from the GCC docs: > > > PowerPC Options: > > `-mlittle' > > `-mbig' > > Similar options are mentioned for SPARC, ARM, MCore, IA-64, etc > > Interesting. I didn't realize PPC and SPARC have added bi-endian > capability. > > > The docs MAY lead some folks to believe that it is possible. > > I guess the literal answer to OPs question "can a compiler setting > change the endianness" is yes, it can. But the endianness of what? > > Also, gcc documents '-mlittle-endian' under SPARC, but it doesn't > seem to work for any version of gcc I've tried: > > $ gcc -S t.c -m64 -mlittle-endian > cc1: error: invalid option `little-endian' > > Cheers, > -- > In order to understand recursion you must first understand recursion. > Remove /-nsp/ for email.
Thank you Larry for making me seem a bit less clueless in Paul's eyes. There was a basis for my question. _______________________________________________ help-gplusplus mailing list help-gplusplus@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gplusplus
