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Add docs for #307047, Bryan Silverthorn.

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2005-07-19  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>

        * glib/tmpl/byte_order.sgml: Add docs for #307047,
        Bryan Silverthorn.
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2005-07-19 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com>
* glib/tmpl/byte_order.sgml: Add docs for #307047,
Bryan Silverthorn.
2005-07-15 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com>
* === Released 2.7.3 ===

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<!-- ##### SECTION Long_Description ##### -->
<para>
These macros provide a portable way to determine the host byte order
and to convert values between different byte orders.
and to convert values between different byte orders.
</para>
<para>
The byte order is the order in which bytes are stored to create larger
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processors. The Internet uses what is known as 'network byte order'
as the standard byte order (which is in fact the big-endian byte order).
</para>
<para>
Note that the byte order conversion macros may evaluate their arguments
multiple times, thus you should not use them with arguments which have
side-effects.
</para>
<!-- ##### SECTION See_Also ##### -->
<para>