Endianness documentation and support
- Dominant language
- C++
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- 125
- Forks
- 17
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Description
I don't see any mention of endianness in the docs or `fpzip -h`, and I'm trying to understand if it supports either endianness and if so how to toggle it. I tried it on both little-endian and big-endian versions of my data and got a much better compression ratio for big-endian data, so perhaps it only supports big-endian? Curious to understand better.
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the existing documentation and the `fpzip -h` output, then inspect the endianness behavior described in the issue on both little-endian and big-endian data. Document whether each endianness is supported, whether a toggle exists, and why the observed compression ratios differ, updating the relevant documentation or help text once confirmed.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli, documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100