NAME

       Data::IEEE754 - Pack and unpack big-endian IEEE754 floats and doubles

VERSION

       version 0.02

SYNOPSIS

         use Data::IEEE754 qw( pack_double_be unpack_double_be );

         my $packed = pack_double_be(3.14);
         my $double = unpack_double_be($packed);

DESCRIPTION

       This module provides some simple convenience functions for packing and unpacking IEEE 754
       floats and doubles.

       If you can require Perl 5.10 or greater then this module is pointless. Just use the "d>"
       and "f>" pack formats instead!

       Currently this module only implements big-endian order. Patches to add little-endian order
       subroutines are welcome.

EXPORTS

       This module optionally exports the following four functions:

       •   pack_float_be($number)

       •   pack_double_be($number)

       •   unpack_float_be($binary)

       •   unpack_double_be($binary)

CREDITS

       The code in this module is more or less copied and pasted from Data::MessagePack's
       "Data::MessagePack::PP" module. That module was written by Makamaka Hannyaharamitu. The
       code was then tweaked by Dave Rolsky, so blame him for the bugs.

SUPPORT

       Please submit bugs to the CPAN RT system at
       http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Data-IEEE754 or via email at
       bug-data-ieee754@rt.cpan.org.

       Bugs may be submitted through <https://github.com/maxmind/Data-IEEE754/issues>.

AUTHOR

       Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>

CONTRIBUTORS

       •   Dave Rolsky <drolsky@maxmind.com>

       •   Greg Oschwald <goschwald@maxmind.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is Copyright (c) 2017 by MaxMind, Inc.

       This is free software, licensed under:

         The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)