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| author | Philipp Matthias Schaefer <philipp.matthias.schaefer@posteo.de> | 2016-02-04 18:19:23 +0100 |
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| committer | Philipp Matthias Schaefer <philipp.matthias.schaefer@posteo.de> | 2016-02-04 18:19:23 +0100 |
| commit | 645c48f2890cd5ef993f6a73970a693e26ca5f91 (patch) | |
| tree | d3a06c19ee3ce746ab5a87e7ea758d411940820d /src/sys | |
| parent | d5da7dcf93f0b39518973af6a8f66663a6838825 (diff) | |
| download | nix-645c48f2890cd5ef993f6a73970a693e26ca5f91.zip | |
Add comment on IPv6 address endianness.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/sys')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/sys/socket/addr.rs | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/sys/socket/addr.rs b/src/sys/socket/addr.rs index 89503600..0bb1bb12 100644 --- a/src/sys/socket/addr.rs +++ b/src/sys/socket/addr.rs @@ -281,6 +281,10 @@ impl fmt::Display for Ipv4Addr { #[derive(Clone, Copy)] pub struct Ipv6Addr(pub libc::in6_addr); +// Note that IPv6 addresses are stored in big endian order on all architectures. +// See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1700 or consult your favorite search +// engine. + macro_rules! to_u8_array { ($($num:ident),*) => { [ $(($num>>8) as u8, ($num&0xff) as u8,)* ] |