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Re: bluesky idea: __attribute__ (netorder)

On Sun, Sep 06, 1998 at 05:59:22PM -0700, Richard Henderson wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 06, 1998 at 11:02:13AM -0400, Tim Hollebeek wrote:
> > There are hundreds of ways to do this that do not include modifying
> > the compiler and writing nonstandard C/C++.  For example:
> 
> Yes, and I'd agree if there weren't quite a few machines that can do
> byte swapping with special instructions, either in parallel with a
> load, or just in a register.

Please note you can use still use inline __asm__ in your version of
ntohl etc.

-- Jamie
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