[Issue 9296] New: LITTLE_ENDIAN and BIG_ENDIAN are always defined on Linux

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           Summary: LITTLE_ENDIAN and BIG_ENDIAN are always defined on
                    Linux
           Product: D
           Version: D1 & D2
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: nobody at puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: kai at redstar.de


--- Comment #0 from kai at redstar.de 2013-01-11 12:49:09 PST ---
On a Linux system with a recent glibc both LITTLE_ENDIAN and BIG_ENDIAN are
always(!) defined. The definition is in include file <endian.h> which is
included by many other, including <stdlib.h>.

Therefore use of #if LITTLE_ENDIAN in dmd source works only by coincidence.

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