Module: ByteOrder

Defined in:
lib/gdsii/byte_order.rb

Overview

ByteOrder is lifted from ruby-talk 107439, cited by Michael Neumann

Constant Summary collapse

Native = 
:Native
Big = 
BigEndian = Network = :BigEndian
Little = 
LittleEndian = :LittleEndian

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.big? ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/gdsii/byte_order.rb', line 30

def big_endian?
  byte_order == BigEndian
end

.big_endian? ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/gdsii/byte_order.rb', line 25

def big_endian?
  byte_order == BigEndian
end

.byte_order ⇒ Object

examines the locale byte order on the running machine



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# File 'lib/gdsii/byte_order.rb', line 11

def byte_order
  if [0x12345678].pack("L") == "\x12\x34\x56\x78" 
    BigEndian
  else
    LittleEndian
  end
end

.byteorder ⇒ Object

examines the locale byte order on the running machine



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# File 'lib/gdsii/byte_order.rb', line 18

def byte_order
  if [0x12345678].pack("L") == "\x12\x34\x56\x78" 
    BigEndian
  else
    LittleEndian
  end
end

.little? ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/gdsii/byte_order.rb', line 29

def little_endian?
  byte_order == LittleEndian
end

.little_endian? ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/gdsii/byte_order.rb', line 21

def little_endian?
  byte_order == LittleEndian
end

.network? ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/gdsii/byte_order.rb', line 31

def big_endian?
  byte_order == BigEndian
end