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  1. Apache Avro
  2. AVRO-2206

Support for 80 or 128 bit IEEE 754 floating point values

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    • Type: New Feature
    • Status: Open
    • Priority: Major
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • Affects Version/s: None
    • Fix Version/s: None
    • Component/s: spec
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      Description

      We'd like to store floating point numbers with a 64 bit mantissa, in order to avoid 64 bits integer + precision aside pattern.

      The idea would be to add support for 128 bit IEEE 754 or 80 bit IEEE 754.

      Regards
      Armel

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              Reporter:
              aasselin Armel Asselin

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