Strange problem with structs Linux vs. Mac

[Martin Blume]

"sturlamolden" schrieb
> 
> > This seems to imply that the Mac, although running now 
> > on Intel processors, is still big-endian.
> 
> Or maybe the struct module thinks big-endian is native 
> to all Macs? It could be a bug.
> 
Dunno, I'm on thin ice here. Never used a Mac. 
Maybe the underlying C library thinks that all Macs are 
big-endian?
I don't think this qualifies as a bug, but I am astonished
that the struct module does not tell you whether you are
big endian, you have to find out yourself with
   struct.unpack('@I', s)[0]==struct.unpack(">I", s)[0]

Anyway, when handling binary data across machines, I think
it is proper to explicitly specify the endian-ness and to 
do sanity-checking of the results.

Regards
Martin