On 07/20/23 04:57AM, NRK wrote: > > C standard defines shift operator as multiplication and division by > powers of 2. And the result of `x * 256` never depend on the system's > byte order and so neither does `x << 8`. > > Rob Pike already has an excellent article on this, so I'll just refer to > that: https://commandcenter.blogspot.com/2012/04/byte-order-fallacy.html >
I now realize that I was not right. You're correct. > > Instead, one can use htons(byteorder.3). > > If anything, those functions are precisely the source of confusion like > these and should be avoided for this reason. > I meant `ntohs`... and this further proves your point. Thank you for your insight & for the article. Jeremy
