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Return `true` if this platform is "big‐endian", and `false` otherwise. Note that "big‐endian" (i.e., the most significant byte of data at the lowest byte address) is consistent with network byte order.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bsls_platformutil.h>`

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static
bool
isBigEndian();
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== Description

DEPRECATED: Use preprocessor macro `BSLS_PLATFORM_IS_BIG_ENDIAN` defined in `bsls_platform` instead.


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