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+# C helpers
+
+Those helpers permit to handle IPv4 & IPv6 at the same time, waiting for [#79](https://framagit.org/ppom/reaction/-/issues/79) to be addressed.
+
+Compilation:
+
+```bash
+# Produces nft46 binary
+gcc -o nft46 nft46.c
+# Produces ip46tables binary
+gcc -o ip46tables ip46tables.c
+```