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Why do both `htons` and `ntohs` exist?

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c

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endianness

I am not sure why htons and ntohs both exist in the standard library. They do exactly the same thing -- unless I'm confused somehow!

The same goes for htonl and ntohl.

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asked Jun 02 '16 17:06

Brennan Vincent

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They make for self-documenting code that tells the reader whether the data is in host- or network- order.

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answered Nov 15 '22 05:11

Jonathon Reinhart

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