[THRIFT-1171] Perl write/readDouble assumes little-endian platform

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.7
• Fix Version/s: 0.7
• Component/s: Perl - Library
• Labels: patch

Environment

Any big-endian system such as PPC Mac, Sparc, etc.

• Patch Info: Patch Available
• Assignee: Andy Grundman
• Reporter: Andy Grundman
• Created: 16/May/11 17:36
• Updated: 03/Jun/11 20:10
• Resolved: 03/Jun/11 17:01

Description

The code for handling doubles uses pack 'd' (pack to native byte order) and then reverses the bytes. This works on little-endian systems but will produce backwards data on big-endian systems. Patch is attached.