> Hello!
>
> > Why isn't it set when the hard_header is formed
> > or updated?
>
> Why to lose time initializing unused pointer?
Because someone might try to use it, assuming that if it is not zero,
it is meaningful? Who is to say it is unused? We tried. We failed.
It was frustrating.
> This is pointer for packet sniffer marking start of raw
> data. Outside of this context it is just not well defined.
Right, and *outgoing* packets get caught by the packet sniffers too...
> Alexey
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