gistfile1.hpp

signed long my_signed_htonl(signed long value)
{
  unsigned long l = *reinterpret_cast<unsigned long *>(&value);
  l = htonl(l);
  return *reinterpret_cast<signed long *>(&l);
}

signed long my_signed_ntohl(signed long value)
{
  unsigned long l = *reinterpret_cast<unsigned long *>(&value);
  l = ntohl(l);
  return *reinterpret_cast<signed long *>(&l);
}