I propose a minor change in the binary representation in order to make XFLs sortable by their casted 64 bit integer value:
bit 62 now is: 0 = negative, 1 = positive
bit 61 - 53: if the XFL is negative, XOR with 0xFFFF
bit 53 - 0: if the XFL is negative, negate, then XOR with 0x3FFFFFFFFFFFFF
RichardAH
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1 year ago
I propose a minor change in the binary representation in order to make XFLs sortable by their casted 64 bit integer value:
bit 62 now is: 0 = negative, 1 = positive bit 61 - 53: if the XFL is negative, XOR with
0xFFFFbit 53 - 0: if the XFL is negative, negate, then XOR with0x3FFFFFFFFFFFFFMore about this in the standard's draft: https://github.com/XRPLF/XRPL-Standards/discussions/39#discussioncomment-2991180