[Bro] Patch for 1.3? Was: Type conversion and table initialization

[Mike Dopheide]

Perfect, Vern.  Thank you.

-Mike

Vern Paxson wrote:
>> Please try the appended and let me know if it works as you need.
> 
> Mike, per our off-line conversation, here's an updated patch.  Thanks
> for your help with this.
> 
> 		Vern
> 
> 
> Index: src/bro.bif
> ===================================================================
> --- src/bro.bif	(revision 4618)
> +++ src/bro.bif	(working copy)
> @@ -496,6 +496,23 @@
>  	return ret;
>  	%}
>  
> +# Interprets the first 4 bytes of 'b' as an IPv4 address in network order.
> +function raw_bytes_to_v4_addr%(b: string%): addr
> +	%{
> +	uint32 a = 0;
> +
> +	if ( b->Len() < 4 )
> +		builtin_run_time("too short a string as input to raw_bytes_to_v4_addr()");
> +
> +	else
> +		{
> +		const u_char* bp = b->Bytes();
> +		a = (bp[0] << 24) | (bp[1] << 16) | (bp[2] << 8) | bp[3];
> +		}
> +
> +	return new AddrVal(htonl(a));
> +	%}
> +
>  function to_net%(a: addr%): net
>  	%{
>  #ifdef BROv6
> 
>