# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License. See accompanying # file LICENSE.rst or https://cmake.org/licensing for details. #[=======================================================================[.rst: TestBigEndian ------------- .. deprecated:: 3.20 Superseded by the :variable:`CMAKE__BYTE_ORDER` variable. This module provides a command to check the endianness (byte order) of the target architecture. Load this module in a CMake project with: .. code-block:: cmake include(TestBigEndian) Commands ^^^^^^^^ This module provides the following command: .. command:: test_big_endian Checks if the target architecture is big-endian or little-endian: .. code-block:: cmake test_big_endian() This command stores in variable ```` either 1 or 0 indicating whether the target architecture is big or little endian. At least one of the supported languages must be enabled in CMake project when using this command. Supported languages are ``C``, ``CXX``. .. versionchanged:: 3.20 This command is now mainly a wrapper around the :variable:`CMAKE__BYTE_ORDER` where also ``OBJC``, ``OBJCXX``, and ``CUDA`` languages are supported. Examples ^^^^^^^^ Example: Checking Endianness """""""""""""""""""""""""""" Checking endianness of the target architecture with this module and storing the result in a CMake variable ``WORDS_BIGENDIAN``: .. code-block:: cmake include(TestBigEndian) test_big_endian(WORDS_BIGENDIAN) Example: Checking Endianness in New Code """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" As of CMake 3.20, this module should be replaced with the :variable:`CMAKE__BYTE_ORDER` variable. For example, in a project, where ``C`` language is one of the enabled languages: .. code-block:: cmake if(CMAKE_C_BYTE_ORDER STREQUAL "BIG_ENDIAN") set(WORDS_BIGENDIAN TRUE) elseif(CMAKE_C_BYTE_ORDER STREQUAL "LITTLE_ENDIAN") set(WORDS_BIGENDIAN FALSE) else() set(WORDS_BIGENDIAN FALSE) message(WARNING "Endianness could not be determined.") endif() #]=======================================================================] include_guard() include(CheckTypeSize) function(TEST_BIG_ENDIAN VARIABLE) if(";${CMAKE_C_BYTE_ORDER};${CMAKE_CXX_BYTE_ORDER};${CMAKE_CUDA_BYTE_ORDER};${CMAKE_OBJC_BYTE_ORDER};${CMAKE_OBJCXX_BYTE_ORDER};" MATCHES ";(BIG_ENDIAN|LITTLE_ENDIAN);") set(order "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}") if(order STREQUAL "BIG_ENDIAN") set("${VARIABLE}" 1 PARENT_SCOPE) else() set("${VARIABLE}" 0 PARENT_SCOPE) endif() else() __TEST_BIG_ENDIAN_LEGACY_IMPL(is_big) set("${VARIABLE}" "${is_big}" PARENT_SCOPE) endif() endfunction() macro(__TEST_BIG_ENDIAN_LEGACY_IMPL VARIABLE) if(NOT DEFINED HAVE_${VARIABLE}) message(CHECK_START "Check if the system is big endian") message(CHECK_START "Searching 16 bit integer") if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LOADED) set(_test_language "C") elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LOADED) set(_test_language "CXX") else() message(FATAL_ERROR "TEST_BIG_ENDIAN needs either C or CXX language enabled") endif() check_type_size("unsigned short" CMAKE_SIZEOF_UNSIGNED_SHORT LANGUAGE ${_test_language}) if(CMAKE_SIZEOF_UNSIGNED_SHORT EQUAL 2) message(CHECK_PASS "Using unsigned short") set(CMAKE_16BIT_TYPE "unsigned short") else() check_type_size("unsigned int" CMAKE_SIZEOF_UNSIGNED_INT LANGUAGE ${_test_language}) if(CMAKE_SIZEOF_UNSIGNED_INT) message(CHECK_PASS "Using unsigned int") set(CMAKE_16BIT_TYPE "unsigned int") else() check_type_size("unsigned long" CMAKE_SIZEOF_UNSIGNED_LONG LANGUAGE ${_test_language}) if(CMAKE_SIZEOF_UNSIGNED_LONG) message(CHECK_PASS "Using unsigned long") set(CMAKE_16BIT_TYPE "unsigned long") else() message(FATAL_ERROR "no suitable type found") endif() endif() endif() if(_test_language STREQUAL "CXX") set(_test_file TestEndianness.cpp) else() set(_test_file TestEndianness.c) endif() file(READ "${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/TestEndianness.c.in" TEST_ENDIANNESS_FILE_CONTENT) string(CONFIGURE "${TEST_ENDIANNESS_FILE_CONTENT}" TEST_ENDIANNESS_FILE_CONTENT @ONLY) try_compile(HAVE_${VARIABLE} SOURCE_FROM_VAR "${_test_file}" TEST_ENDIANNESS_FILE_CONTENT COPY_FILE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/TestEndianness.bin" ) if(HAVE_${VARIABLE}) cmake_policy(PUSH) cmake_policy(SET CMP0159 NEW) # file(STRINGS) with REGEX updates CMAKE_MATCH_ file(STRINGS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/TestEndianness.bin" CMAKE_TEST_ENDIANNESS_STRINGS_LE LIMIT_COUNT 1 REGEX "THIS IS LITTLE ENDIAN") file(STRINGS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/TestEndianness.bin" CMAKE_TEST_ENDIANNESS_STRINGS_BE LIMIT_COUNT 1 REGEX "THIS IS BIG ENDIAN") cmake_policy(POP) # on mac, if there are universal binaries built both will be true # return the result depending on the machine on which cmake runs if(CMAKE_TEST_ENDIANNESS_STRINGS_BE AND CMAKE_TEST_ENDIANNESS_STRINGS_LE) if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES powerpc) set(CMAKE_TEST_ENDIANNESS_STRINGS_BE TRUE) set(CMAKE_TEST_ENDIANNESS_STRINGS_LE FALSE) else() set(CMAKE_TEST_ENDIANNESS_STRINGS_BE FALSE) set(CMAKE_TEST_ENDIANNESS_STRINGS_LE TRUE) endif() message( STATUS "TEST_BIG_ENDIAN found different results, consider setting CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES or " "CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES to one or no architecture !" ) endif() if(CMAKE_TEST_ENDIANNESS_STRINGS_LE) set(${VARIABLE} 0 CACHE INTERNAL "Result of TEST_BIG_ENDIAN" FORCE) message(CHECK_PASS "little endian") endif() if(CMAKE_TEST_ENDIANNESS_STRINGS_BE) set(${VARIABLE} 1 CACHE INTERNAL "Result of TEST_BIG_ENDIAN" FORCE) message(CHECK_PASS "big endian") endif() if(NOT CMAKE_TEST_ENDIANNESS_STRINGS_BE AND NOT CMAKE_TEST_ENDIANNESS_STRINGS_LE) message(CHECK_FAIL "TEST_BIG_ENDIAN found no result!") message(SEND_ERROR "TEST_BIG_ENDIAN found no result!") endif() else() message(CHECK_FAIL "failed") set(${VARIABLE}) endif() endif() endmacro()