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Reading the README it is not clear how this compares with protobufs or avro or any of the other similar technologies out there. A comparison would be really nice :)

dvisztempacct

test_biniou fails on ppc64

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A float comparison fails on ppc64 on line 264 of the test_biniou file. As it can be seen from the log below, I added a print to the respective line...

r4f4

`$(which ocamlfind)` gives the location of ocamlfind; when using the `OCAMLFIND_TOOLCHAIN` environment variable, this is not the same as installation location. Instead, `$(shell ocamlfind ocamlc -where)/../../bin` can be used (or...

whitequark

New module to export the untagged_read/write functions

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Hello, I think it may be useful to have a module so that people can directly read/write untagged values, without having to go through biniou's output buffer (and associated data...

UnixJunkie

Portability issue with float serialization

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Several people have tried to use Yojson, which depends on Biniou, with Js_of_ocaml. However, Biniou uses an unportable hack to serialize floats. In particular, the expression "String.unsafe_get (Obj.magic 1.0) 0"...

vouillon