Issue #16166: Add PY_LITTLE_ENDIAN and PY_BIG_ENDIAN macros and unified
endianess detection and handling.
diff --git a/Python/sysmodule.c b/Python/sysmodule.c
index 20bfa55..cafbb58 100644
--- a/Python/sysmodule.c
+++ b/Python/sysmodule.c
@@ -1561,7 +1561,6 @@
_PySys_Init(void)
{
PyObject *m, *v, *sysdict, *version_info;
- char *s;
m = PyModule_Create(&sysmodule);
if (m == NULL)
@@ -1638,20 +1637,14 @@
PyLong_FromLong(0x10FFFF));
SET_SYS_FROM_STRING("builtin_module_names",
list_builtin_module_names());
- {
- /* Assumes that longs are at least 2 bytes long.
- Should be safe! */
- unsigned long number = 1;
- char *value;
+#if PY_BIG_ENDIAN
+ SET_SYS_FROM_STRING("byteorder",
+ PyUnicode_FromString("big"));
+#else
+ SET_SYS_FROM_STRING("byteorder",
+ PyUnicode_FromString("little"));
+#endif
- s = (char *) &number;
- if (s[0] == 0)
- value = "big";
- else
- value = "little";
- SET_SYS_FROM_STRING("byteorder",
- PyUnicode_FromString(value));
- }
#ifdef MS_COREDLL
SET_SYS_FROM_STRING("dllhandle",
PyLong_FromVoidPtr(PyWin_DLLhModule));