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diff Doc/lib/libsocket.tex @ 6783:c18501770895 legacy-trunk
Separated the definitions of ntohs(), ntohl(), htons(), htonl(). Separate
descriptions really make things look a bit better, and should improve the
ability to re-purpose the content.
| author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> |
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| date | Mon, 08 Dec 1997 21:25:41 +0000 |
| parents | e0e667bbc971 |
| children | e224c41bdac6 |
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--- a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex Mon Dec 08 20:59:54 1997 +0000 +++ b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex Mon Dec 08 21:25:41 1997 +0000 @@ -153,14 +153,27 @@ \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{ntohl}{x} -\funcline{ntohs}{x} -\funcline{htonl}{x} -\funcline{htons}{x} -These functions convert 32-bit (`l' suffix) and 16-bit (`s' suffix) -integers between network and host byte order. On machines where the -host byte order is the same as the network byte order, they are no-ops -(assuming the values fit in the indicated size); otherwise, they -perform 2-byte or 4-byte swap operations. +Convert 32-bit integers from network to host byte order. On machines +where the host byte order is the same as network byte order, this is a +no-op; otherwise, it performs a 4-byte swap operation. +\end{funcdesc} + +\begin{funcdesc}{ntohs}{x} +Convert 16-bit integers from network to host byte order. On machines +where the host byte order is the same as network byte order, this is a +no-op; otherwise, it performs a 2-byte swap operation. +\end{funcdesc} + +\begin{funcdesc}{htonl}{x} +Convert 32-bit integers from host to network byte order. On machines +where the host byte order is the same as network byte order, this is a +no-op; otherwise, it performs a 4-byte swap operation. +\end{funcdesc} + +\begin{funcdesc}{htons}{x} +Convert 16-bit integers from host to network byte order. On machines +where the host byte order is the same as network byte order, this is a +no-op; otherwise, it performs a 2-byte swap operation. \end{funcdesc} \begin{datadesc}{SocketType}
