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even on all Unix platforms.
Do not use either the bare result of C<pack("N", 10, 20, 30, 40)>
-or bare v-strings (such as C<v10.20.30.40>) or the to represent
+or bare v-strings (such as C<v10.20.30.40>) or to represent
IPv4 addresses: both forms just pack the four bytes into network order.
That this would be equal to the C language C<in_addr> struct (which is
what the socket code internally uses) is not guaranteed. To be