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endian enum

enum used to specify the endianness of scalar types

08/27/2020

bit/std::endian

std::endian

`endian` enum

Indicates the endianness of all scalar types.

enumclassendian { little = 0, big = 1, native = little };

Element	Description
`little`	Indicates that scalar types are little-endian. That is, the least significant byte is stored in the smallest address. For example, `0x1234` is stored `0x340x12`.
`big`	Indicates that scalar types are big-endian, that is, the most significant byte is stored in the smallest address. For example, `0x1234` is stored `0x120x34`.

All native scalar types are little-endian for the platforms that Microsoft Visual C++ targets (x86, x64, ARM, ARM64).

Header:<bit>

Namespace:std

Compiler option: /std:c++20 or later is required.