Add NetworkEndian alias
Network byte order is defined by [RFC 1700][1] to be big-endian, and is
referred to in several protocol specifications. This type is an alias
of BigEndian. This alias can be used to make it more clear why you're
using a particular byte order in code, if you are implementing a
specification that refers to network byte order.
[1]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1700
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index aba9113..a57ebfd 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -267,6 +267,18 @@
/// type level.
#[allow(missing_copy_implementations)] pub enum LittleEndian {}
+/// Defines network byte order serialization.
+///
+/// Network byte order is defined by [RFC 1700][1] to be big-endian, and is
+/// referred to in several protocol specifications. This type is an alias of
+/// BigEndian.
+///
+/// [1]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1700
+///
+/// Note that this type has no value constructor. It is used purely at the
+/// type level.
+pub type NetworkEndian = BigEndian;
+
/// Defines system native-endian serialization.
///
/// Note that this type has no value constructor. It is used purely at the
