[jira] [Work started] (AVRO-1928) Python double/float encoding implementation should use built-in struct support for little endian

["Michael A. Smith (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1928?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Work on AVRO-1928 started by Michael A. Smith.
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> Python double/float encoding implementation should use built-in struct support for little endian
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>                 Key: AVRO-1928
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1928
>             Project: Apache Avro
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: python
>    Affects Versions: 1.8.1, 1.8.2, 1.10.0
>            Reporter: Shalabh Chaturvedi
>            Assignee: Michael A. Smith
>            Priority: Minor
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> The encoding and decoding of double and float types in Python uses unnecessary bit operations and packing/unpacking. Python's {{struct}} module supports little-endian encoding and could be used directly, instead of using the big-endian and then bit-fiddling to reverse the endianness.
> This could have a big impact of encoding/decoding speed of large buffers.



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