Serguei TARASSOV wrote:
On 13/01/2016 08:47, fpc-pascal-requ...@lists.freepascal.org wrote:
On 2016-01-12 10:45, Torsten Bonde Christiansen wrote:
Since TStream doesn't have any native WriteFloat/Double and the likes,
some conversion is needed - but what is a good strategy for this?
Depends on size constraints.
In the simple case you should convert float to locale-independent string
value (no spaces, no commas separators) then write it.
If the size does matter, you may convert float to corresponding byte
array then write it.
Can I ask a naive question here please: does a binary stream store
endianness anywhere? In other words, is there any indication that
something running on ARM is about to get into trouble by reading
something written by (big-endian) MIPS?
Should writing binary floating point to a stream note that it's IEEE
format, just in case anybody ever tries to process it on a platform that
supports alternatives?
--
Mark Morgan Lloyd
markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk
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