pub fn working() -> Endian
Expand description
Returns the CPU byte order.
use cpu_endian::*;
// Takes first octet of 0x00ff: u16.
let v: u16 = 0x00ff;
let first_octet: u8 = unsafe {
let ptr = &v as *const u16;
let ptr = ptr as *const u8;
*ptr
};
// If the byte-order is little-endian, the first octet should be 0xff, or if big-endian,
// it should be 0x00.
match working() {
Endian::Little => assert_eq!(0xff, first_octet),
Endian::Big => assert_eq!(0x00, first_octet),
_ => {},
}