LukasJoswiak / LukasJoswiak/draft

Migrate to big-endian for serialization

Open
#7 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Dominant language
C++
Stars
4
Forks
1
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Description

Serialization should always write in big-endian, regardless of the machine.

Contributor guide

No contributing guide indexed for this repository

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by locating the serialization entry points and any existing serialization tests in the repository. Trace how values are encoded on different machine architectures, then ensure the completed change writes consistently in big-endian and verify that the relevant tests pass.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
data
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.