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Re: [SLUG] A bit OT: Sockets question


On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 03:33:50PM +1100, erich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Are the TCP socket streams 8 bit clean? the reason I ask is because of the
> socket calls for converting 16 bit and 32 bit binary value.
> 
> I think they are there just to handle the endianess between hardware platforms,
> but I have read all of the info pages under libC regarding and I can't find a
> specific mention of this.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Erich
> 
> 
> Erich Schulz
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That's correct; they are just for multi-byte values.

	Stephen

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