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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)

perl v5.32.0                      2021-01-05                Data::IEEE754(3pm)

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