[XERCESC-1502] xerces gets endianness wrong on Intel-based Macs

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 2.8.0
• Component/s: Miscellaneous
• Environment: Mac OS X on an Apple Developer Transition Kit
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Eric Albert
• Created: 17/Sep/05 07:25
• Updated: 12/Mar/18 02:47
• Resolved: 12/Mar/18 02:47

Description

MacOSDefs.hpp currently says this:
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// MacOS runs in big endian mode.
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#define ENDIANMODE_BIG

That's wrong, or at least out of date – Apple is shifting to Intel-based Macs and will support both PowerPC and Intel systems moving forward. The Intel-based Macs are of course little-endian.