copy from node/src/node_internals.h

endian_test.h

enum Endianness {
  kLittleEndian,  // _Not_ LITTLE_ENDIAN, clashes with endian.h.
  kBigEndian
};

inline enum Endianness GetEndianness() {
  // Constant-folded by the compiler.
  const union {
    uint8_t u8[2];
    uint16_t u16;
  } u = {
    { 1, 0 }
  };
  return u.u16 == 1 ? kLittleEndian : kBigEndian;
}

inline bool IsLittleEndian() {
  return GetEndianness() == kLittleEndian;
}

inline bool IsBigEndian() {
  return GetEndianness() == kBigEndian;
}