[PATCH v2 1/1] inet: add support for 64-bit network byte order

[Joseph Myers]

On Mon, 10 Mar 2025, Philip Prindeville wrote:

> As 32-bit machines become increasingly supplanted by 64-bit
> architectures, network protocols likewise leverage those
> larger word capabilities. A good example is POSIX supporting
> 64-bit time_t's to avoid the 2038 problem, or timestamps that
> include micro- or nanosecond precision.

I still think it's a bad idea to add such new interfaces that just 
duplicate interfaces we already have under better names that are 
standardized in POSIX.1-2024.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
josmyers@redhat.com