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From: Florian Weimer <fweimer@bfk.de>
Subject: Re: ntohs() and htons() usgae in the network stack
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:10:16 +0200
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* Kevin Wilson:

> So I wondered : when is ntohs(i) !=3D htons(i) ?

Never, for ordinary endieanness.  The operation is an involution, that
is, its own inverse (like mirroring).

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