[PROTON-582] Perl language bindings do not properly identify integers from strings when encoding

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: proton-0.7
• Fix Version/s: proton-0.8
• Component/s: perl-binding
• Assignee: Darryl Pierce
• Reporter: Darryl Pierce
• Created: 20/May/14 17:20
• Updated: 07/Jan/16 11:37
• Resolved: 13/Aug/14 18:50

Description

Rafi found the code:

sub isnum ($)

{ return 0 if $_[0] eq ''; $_[0] ^ $_[0] ? 0 : 1 }

which can differentiate strings from integers. An additional piece can check for a . in a numeric value to differentiate integers from floating point values.