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From: njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk (Niall Smart)
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 17:49:38 +0100
In-Reply-To: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com>
       "Re: Apparent bug in sendto() with raw sockets" (Jun 26,  8:58am)
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Subject: Re: Apparent bug in sendto() with raw sockets
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On Jun 26,  8:58am, Bill Fenner wrote:
} Subject: Re: Apparent bug in sendto() with raw sockets
> In message <E0ypYBC-0005Qv-00@oak67.doc.ic.ac.uk>you write:
> >I think its more important to be correct in this area, raw sockets
> >programming can be tricky enough without what will seem to the
> >user like gratuitous changes.
> 
> Changing the interface from what it currently is is a gratuitous change.

No it isn't, its a bug fix, you yourself noted the problem only happened
because the code was originally developed on a Sun box.  Having one or two
of the fields in host byte order while the rest are in network byte order
is silly and the only reason to keep it this way is bug compatability,
but I'm not so sure thats so important in this case.

Niall

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