I am considering how the output of term_to_binary/1 could be<br>read in another programming language. I ran across this issue.<br><br>In <a href="http://erlang.org/doc/apps/erts/erl_ext_dist.html">http://erlang.org/doc/apps/erts/erl_ext_dist.html
</a>, <br>
Section 8.4 Float_Ext states:<br><br>
"This term is used in minor version 0 of the external format;
it has been superseded by
<a href="http://erlang.org/doc/apps/erts/erl_ext_dist.html#NEW_FLOAT_EXT">
NEW_FLOAT_EXT
</a>."<br><br>Apparently it has not been superseded. ( R12B, Windows XP)<br><br>> term_to_binary(1.0) .<br><br>produces this binary:<br><br><<131,99,49,46,48,48,48,48,48,48,48,48,48,48,48,48,48,48,
<br> 48,48,48,48,48,48,101,43,48,48,48,...>><br><br>The second byte is 99, followed by 31 bytes.<br>This is the byte code for Float_ext (Float string)<br>(See Section 8.4) <br><br>Is New_Float_Ext still pending?<br>
When will it be implemented?<br><br><br>-- Doug Edmunds<br><br>