[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #1380: endianess is not set correctly for HP-UX Itanium

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#1380: endianess is not set correctly for HP-UX Itanium
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 Reporter:  neinhues              |       Owner:  somebody  
     Type:  defect                |      Status:  needs_work
 Priority:  normal                |   Milestone:  1.5.0     
Component:  numpy.core            |     Version:  1.4.0     
 Keywords:  endianess HP-UX IA64  |  
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Comment(by cdavid):

 Replying to [comment:3 oliphant]:
 > Why aren't we just checking for endian-ness or using sys.byteorder at
 compile time?

 Mostly because of universal support on mac os x. IIRC, I added this code
 to circumvent a wrong endian detection in Python itself, which fixed the
 endianness at compile time.

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