Merge "We HAVE_LITTLE_ENDIAN."

        for (word = 0; word < bytesPerLine; ) {

#ifdef HAVE_LITTLE_ENDIAN

            const size_t startIndex = word+(alignment-(alignment?1:0));

            const ssize_t dir = -1;

#else

            const size_t startIndex = word;

            const ssize_t dir = 1;

#endif

            for (index = 0; index < alignment || (alignment == 0 && index < bytesPerLine); index++) {