Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] proto_tree_add_item() and IPv4

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 23:22:21 -0700
On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 10:19:07PM -0500, Gilbert Ramirez wrote:
> Should proto_tree_add_item() honor the little_endian flag when the field
> is an IPv4 address? In that way, IPv4 addresses could be fetched
> directly from tvbuffs whether they're in network order or in
> little-endian order.

Are there protocols where IPv4 addresses are sometimes stored in
little-endian order?