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0004215ParaView(No Category)public2006-12-15 16:162010-11-30 21:30
Jeff Baumes 
Berk Geveci 
lowfeaturealways
closedwon't fix 
 
Someday 
0004215: ParaView uses legacy readers which are big endian
Since nearly all modern computers are little endian, it is unfortunate that the legacy binary readers/writers always use big endian format. ParaView uses this format for transferring data, so this causes byte-swapping on the sending and receiving end. It would be better if the data could be sent in little endian format, or the user could choose whether to send in little or big endian format.
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Issue History
2008-04-07 16:28Berk GeveciNote Added: 0011118
2008-04-08 16:29Berk GeveciCategory => Someday
2008-04-09 16:55Jeff BaumesNote Added: 0011227
2009-05-13 13:49Utkarsh AyachitTarget Version => Someday
2010-11-26 14:31David PartykaNote Added: 0023557
2010-11-26 14:31David PartykaStatustabled => @80@
2010-11-26 14:31David PartykaResolutionopen => won't fix
2010-11-30 21:30Alan ScottNote Added: 0023600
2010-11-30 21:30Alan ScottStatus@80@ => closed
2011-06-16 13:10Zack GalbreathCategory => (No Category)

Notes
(0011118)
Berk Geveci   
2008-04-07 16:28   
Is this overhead significant compared to network transfer?
(0011227)
Jeff Baumes   
2008-04-09 16:55   
That's unknown.
(0023557)
David Partyka   
2010-11-26 14:31   
I think the only option is to use the xml readers/writers.
(0023600)
Alan Scott   
2010-11-30 21:30   
I agree that this bug should be closed. I suspect that the time spent swapping bytes is orders of magnitude less than the necessary time just loading and storing the data itself. If you disagree, feel free to bring it up on the mailing list or open a new bug.