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Little endian has one nice feature for network communication: integer fields can be expanded or shrunk without changing code of the peer so long as the actual n

Little endian has one nice feature for network communication: integer fields can be expanded or shrunk without changing code of the peer so long as the actual numbers don't overflow. Most mainstream protocols don't really take advantage of this because it is error prone, but it is used sometimes.

kaszanka 6y ago
I don't understand, wouldn't all of the fields after the expanded/shrunk one become misaligned?
- jzwinck 6y ago
  It only works if you have some way to know where the next field or message starts. Sometimes you do, sometimes you don't.