[erlang-questions] OTP float error on ARM

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# ./erl
Eshell V5.6.4  (abort with ^G)
1> <<1.0:64/float>>.
<<0,0,0,0,63,240,0,0>>
2> <<1.0:64/native-float>>.
<<0,0,240,63,0,0,0,0>>


2008/10/16 Bob Ippolito <bob@REDACTED>

> On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 11:28 PM, Bjorn Gustavsson
> <bgustavsson@REDACTED> wrote:
> >  Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 7:40 AM, Bob Ippolito <bob@REDACTED> wrote:
> >>
> >> Well, the float type in Erlang binaries by itself is big endian, not
> >> native endian. This is a bug in Erlang.
> >
> > This is not a bug. The default for numeric types is big endian. If you
> want
> > native endian, you must say so:
> >
> > <<F/native-float>>
>
> No, this is a bug. <<F/float>> on his platform is not returning big endian.
>
> -bob
>
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