[GHC] #2795: The Network.Socket library does not take into account that the bits in the network are sent as big enddian.

[GHC]

#2795: The Network.Socket library does not take into account that the bits in the
network are sent as big enddian.
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    Reporter:  guest                                                   |        Owner:       
        Type:  bug                                                     |       Status:  new  
    Priority:  normal                                                  |    Milestone:       
   Component:  libraries/network                                       |      Version:       
    Severity:  major                                                   |   Resolution:       
    Keywords:  socket port number big-enddian little-enddian conflict  |     Testcase:       
Architecture:  x86                                                     |           Os:  Linux
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Comment (by felixmar):

 Hi Alejandro and Josef,

 This is not a bug, but the documentation for Network.Socket is lacking.
 !PortNumber is defined as
 {{{
 newtype PortNumber = PortNum Word16
 }}}
 The Word16 argument of !PortNum represents the internal port number of
 !PortNumber and is in network byte order. Because !PortNumber is an
 instance of Num you can define a !PortNumber value like this:
 {{{
 let port = 51777 :: PortNumber
 }}}
 The value 51777 will then be automatically converted to it's internal
 representation depending on the little-endianness or big-endianness of the
 processor.

 Regards,
 Felix

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