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diff --git a/Doc/library/struct.rst b/Doc/library/struct.rst index da8cc04..bee154f 100644 --- a/Doc/library/struct.rst +++ b/Doc/library/struct.rst @@ -184,9 +184,11 @@ following table: If the first character is not one of these, ``'@'`` is assumed. -Native byte order is big-endian or little-endian, depending on the host system. -For example, Motorola and Sun processors are big-endian; Intel and DEC -processors are little-endian. +Native byte order is big-endian or little-endian, depending on the host +system. For example, Intel x86 and AMD64 (x86-64) are little-endian; +Motorola 68000 and PowerPC G5 are big-endian; ARM and Intel Itanium feature +switchable endianness (bi-endian). Use ``sys.byteorder`` to check the +endianness of your system. Native size and alignment are determined using the C compiler's ``sizeof`` expression. This is always combined with native byte order. |