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diff --git a/doc/internals.rst b/doc/internals.rst index 86014d9f..7ea1b5e5 100644 --- a/doc/internals.rst +++ b/doc/internals.rst @@ -189,11 +189,9 @@ as possible in two files: :file:`tiffcomp.h` and operating system-specific routines to do I/O and I/O-related operations. The UNIX (:file:`tif_unix.c`) code has had the most use. -Native CPU byte order is determined on the fly by -the library and does not need to be specified. -The :c:macro:`HOST_FILLORDER` and :c:macro:`HOST_BIGENDIAN` -definitions are not currently used, but may be employed by -codecs for optimization purposes. +Native CPU byte order is determined through the :c:macro:`WORDS_BIGENDIAN` +definition, which must be set to the appropriate value in :file:`tif_config.h` +by the build system. The following defines control general portability: |