joshuaulrich/pack

Use readBin and writeBin internally

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#1 opened on Mar 2, 2015

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Description

The current implementation could be made a lot simpler by relying on readBin and writeBin to do most (all?) of the conversions. That would make it easier to add missing functionality (e.g. packing floats and doubles).

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Examine the 'pack' package source code to find functions that perform manual binary conversion and replace them with calls to 'readBin' and 'writeBin', ensuring existing tests pass. Focus on simplifying the code for packing/unpacking floats and doubles.
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2
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1-3 hours
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