         try emit(&event)
     }
 }
+
+private let isLittleEndian = 1 == 1.littleEndian
+

        }

        #if USE_UTF16
            yaml_emitter_set_encoding(&emitter, YAML_UTF16BE_ENCODING)
        #else
            yaml_emitter_set_encoding(&emitter, YAML_UTF8_ENCODING)
        #endif

        case .initialized:
            var event = yaml_event_t()
            #if USE_UTF16
                yaml_stream_start_event_initialize(&event, isLittleEndian ? YAML_UTF16LE_ENCODING : YAML_UTF16BE_ENCODING)
            #else
                yaml_stream_start_event_initialize(&event, YAML_UTF8_ENCODING)
            #endif
