Is there a way to enforce specific endianness for a C or C++ struct?

Question

I\'ve seen a few questions and answers regarding to the endianness of structs, but they were about detecting the endianness of a system, or converting data between the two d

Answer 1

There is a data representation for this called XDR. Have a look at it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_Data_Representation

Though it might be a little too much for your Embedded System. Try searching for an already implemented library that you can use (check license restrictions!).

XDR is generally used in Network systems, since they need a way to move data in an Endianness independent way. Though nothing says that it cannot be used outside of networks.