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[Gaitonde Anandprasanna <prasanna@csa.iisc.ernet.in>]

I am sorry to repost this question but i am reallly interested in knowing
this . 


If the question i asked is correct then also let me know if in subsequent
drafts we can change the format of ERO subobject  (i.e. putting the IPv4 
address at the end of the object.)


Here is my previous mail :-


This question was asked by some person earlier but somehow i did not see
the answers in the mailing lists. If i have missed the answer then please
provide pointers to mail archives.

I wanted to know why the format of the IPv4 Prefix is that way:

 RSVP ERO subobject IPv4 address:-
 
 In RSVP-TE, the format of subobject 1: IPv4 address (4.4.1.1) is
 
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
           Type | Length | IPv4 address
-----------------------------------------------------------------
        IPv4 address | Prefix Length | Flags
------------------------------------------------------------------
 
Can somebody explain to me: What is the advantage to split the IPv4
address in two words? From the
implementation point of view, it should be much easy to put IPv4 address   
in a single word.




Thanx in advance

Pras