From c039069703aa2f62de6ac43a82ae762d13fbe1d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jens Maurer Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 10:50:04 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] add comment for BOOST_BIG_ENDIAN etc. [SVN r13982] --- include/boost/detail/limits.hpp | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/boost/detail/limits.hpp b/include/boost/detail/limits.hpp index 494ce0f5..91d4d669 100644 --- a/include/boost/detail/limits.hpp +++ b/include/boost/detail/limits.hpp @@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ #include // for WCHAR_MIN and WCHAR_MAX #endif +// The macros are not named appropriately. We don't care about integer +// bit layout, but about floating-point NaN (etc.) bit patterns. #if defined(__sparc) || defined(__sparc__) || defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__ppc__) || defined(__hppa) || defined(_MIPSEB) #define BOOST_BIG_ENDIAN #elif defined(__i386__)