#include // This is just an example for how to find out if the system is big endian or little endian. Do not use this. int endianness_example() { if constexpr (std::endian::native == std::endian::big) { // Big-endian system return 0; } else if constexpr (std::endian::native == std::endian::little) { // Little-endian system return 1; } else { // Something else return 2; // How did we even end up here? } }