CARM User's Guide

Discontinued

4-Byte Scalars

Scalars of type

• enum,
• signed int,
• unsigned int,
• signed long,
• and unsigned long

are stored using four bytes (32 bits) in little endian (default) or big endian (if the BIGENDIAN compiler directive is specified).

Little Endian (default)

When configured for little endian, the low-order byte is stored first, followed by the high-order byte. For example, an integer value of 0x12345678 is stored in memory as follows:

Big Endian

When configured for big endian, the high-order byte is stored first, followed by the low-order byte. For example, an integer value of 0x12345678 is stored in memory as follows: