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std.system

Information about the target operating system, environment, and CPU.
License:
Boost License 1.0.
Authors:
Walter Bright and Jonathan M Davis

Source: std/system.d

enum OS: int;
Operating system.

Note: This is for cases where you need a value representing the OS at runtime. If you're doing something which should compile differently on different OSes, then please use version(Windows), version(linux), etc.

See Also:
Predefined Versions
win32
Microsoft 32 bit Windows systems
win64
Microsoft 64 bit Windows systems
linux
All Linux Systems
osx
Mac OS X
freeBSD
FreeBSD
netBSD
NetBSD
solaris
Solaris
android
Android
otherPosix
Other Posix Systems
immutable OS os;
The OS that the program was compiled for.
enum Endian: int;
Byte order endianness.

Note: This is intended for cases where you need to deal with endianness at runtime. If you're doing something which should compile differently depending on whether you're compiling on a big endian or little endian machine, then please use version(BigEndian) and version(LittleEndian).

See Also:
Predefined Versions
bigEndian
Big endian byte order
littleEndian
Little endian byte order
immutable Endian endian;
The endianness that the program was compiled for.