[AVRO-492] python implementation should encode numbers as little-endian

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 1.3.1
• Component/s: python
• Assignee: Jeff Hodges
• Reporter: Jeff Hodges
• Created: 27/Mar/10 01:39
• Updated: 13/Oct/19 16:15
• Resolved: 13/Oct/19 16:15

Description

The current version of the Python implementation uses big-endian encoding when writing and reading numeric data. The spec specifies that little-endian encoding should be used instead[1].

[1] http://hadoop.apache.org/avro/docs/current/spec.html#binary_encode_primitive