Re: program logic based on endianness

sam_cit@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi Everyone,

I have a program unit which does >> and << of an integer which is of
4 bytes length. The logic of shifting and action based on the result,
assumes that the system is big-endian.

Accordingly, if i need the program to work fine in a little-endian
system. I understand that the code needs to be changed.

I wanted to know if the above holds true for bitwise and (&) and
bitwise or (|). I think, the processor should take care of the
operation a&b or a|b irrespective of the endianness of the system.

Please provide your comments.

Most C operators -- including the shift operators and
the bitwise operators -- work on the values of their
operands, not on the representations. `16 << 2' is always
64, never 4 (and never anything even weirder).

--
Eric Sosman
esosman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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