http://snipplr.com/language/c/tags/word-size Recent snippets posted on Snipplr.com en-us Mon, 27 May 2013 12:55:06 GMT http://snipplr.com/view/56381/determine-word-sizes-by-crosscompiling-only/ You can find out the word sizes and endianness of a device by compiling the following program with a cross compiler and looking at the executable with the `strings` program or a hex editor. The `TESTIF` macro puts a copy of the statement to test and its truth value into a string which will be present in the exe. This helps if you do not have such a device handy, or if it is cumbersome to access (requires loading firmware etc.).

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