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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2000-07-24 05:41:25 +0000
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2000-07-24 05:41:25 +0000
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Update.
	* string/endian.h: Explain the _*_ENDIAN constant values a bit
	more.  Patch by scarlet@mit.edu [PR libc/1799].

	* io/ftwtest-sh: Add -f parameter to chmod if -R is also given.
	[PR libc/1792].

	* argp/argp-parse.c (parser_finalize): Reverse order in which
	parsers are run for ARGP_KEY_END.  [PR libc/1755].
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diff --git a/string/endian.h b/string/endian.h
index 858ee6e51c..dcd5a4e372 100644
--- a/string/endian.h
+++ b/string/endian.h
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@
 
 #include <features.h>
 
-/* Definitions for byte order, according to significance of bytes, from low
-   addresses to high addresses.  The value is what you get by putting '4'
-   in the most significant byte, '3' in the second most significant byte,
-   '2' in the second least significant byte, and '1' in the least
-   significant byte.  */
+/* Definitions for byte order, according to significance of bytes,
+   from low addresses to high addresses.  The value is what you get by
+   putting '4' in the most significant byte, '3' in the second most
+   significant byte, '2' in the second least significant byte, and '1'
+   in the least significant byte, and then writing down one digit for
+   each byte, starting with the byte at the lowest address at the left,
+   and proceeding to the byte with the highest address at the right.  */
 
 #define	__LITTLE_ENDIAN	1234
 #define	__BIG_ENDIAN	4321