+/*
+ Handle Darwin gcc universal compilation. Don't do this in an Apple-
+ specific case since no sane compiler should be defining either
+ __BIG_ENDIAN__ or __LITTLE_ENDIAN__ unless it really is generating
+ code that will be hosted on a machine with the appropriate endianness.
+ If a compiler defines neither, assume the user or configure set
+ WORDS_BIGENDIAN appropriately.
+ */
+#if defined(__BIG_ENDIAN__)
+# undef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+# define WORDS_BIGENDIAN 1
+#elif defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN__)
+# undef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+#elif defined(__WXMAC__) && !defined(WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
+/* According to Stefan even ancient Mac compilers defined __BIG_ENDIAN__ */
+# warning "Compiling wxMac with probably wrong endianness"
+#endif
+
+/*
+ check the consistency of the settings in setup.h: note that this must be
+ done after setting wxUSE_UNICODE correctly as it is used in wx/chkconf.h
+ and after defining the compiler macros which are used in it too
+ */
+#include "wx/chkconf.h"
+
+
+/*
+ some compilers don't support iostream.h any longer, while some of theme
+ are not updated with <iostream> yet, so override the users setting here
+ in such case.
+ */
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1310)
+# undef wxUSE_IOSTREAMH
+# define wxUSE_IOSTREAMH 0
+#elif defined(__DMC__) || defined(__WATCOMC__)
+# undef wxUSE_IOSTREAMH
+# define wxUSE_IOSTREAMH 1
+#elif defined(__MINGW32__)
+# undef wxUSE_IOSTREAMH
+# define wxUSE_IOSTREAMH 0
+#endif /* compilers with/without iostream.h */
+
+/*
+ old C++ headers (like <iostream.h>) declare classes in the global namespace
+ while the new, standard ones (like <iostream>) do it in std:: namespace,
+ unless it's an old gcc version.
+
+ using this macro allows constuctions like "wxSTD iostream" to work in
+ either case
+ */
+#if !wxUSE_IOSTREAMH && (!defined(__GNUC__) || ( __GNUC__ > 2 ) || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 95))
+# define wxSTD std::
+#else
+# define wxSTD
+#endif
+
+/* On OpenVMS with the most recent HP C++ compiler some function (i.e. wscanf)
+ * are only available in the std-namespace. (BUG???)
+ */
+#if defined( __VMS ) && (__DECCXX_VER >= 70100000) && !defined(__STD_CFRONT) && !defined( __NONAMESPACE_STD )
+# define wxVMS_USE_STD std::
+#else
+# define wxVMS_USE_STD