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Minor nit fixes based on suggestions from Ka-Ping Yee <ping@lfw.org>. 

Added "See also" section with relevant RFC references.
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\section{\module{xdrlib} ---
Encode and decode XDR data.}
\declaremodule{standard}{xdrlib}
Encode and decode XDR data}
\declaremodule{standard}{xdrlib}
\modulesynopsis{Encoders and decoders for the External Data
Representation (XDR).}
\index{XDR}
\index{External Data Representation}
The \module{xdrlib} module supports the External Data Representation
Standard as described in \rfc{1014}, written by Sun Microsystems,
Inc. June 1987. It supports most of the data types described in the
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\end{classdesc}
\begin{seealso}
\seerfc{1014}{XDR: External Data Representation Standard}{This RFC
defined the encoding of data which was XDR at the time
this module was originally written. It has
appearantly been obsoleted by \rfc{1832}.}
\seerfc{1832}{XDR: External Data Representation Standard}{Newer RFC
that provides a revised definition of XDR.}
\end{seealso}
\subsection{Packer Objects \label{xdr-packer-objects}}
\class{Packer} instances have the following methods: