Comment by vhcr

2 days ago

Running the following snippets:

    f = new Float64Array(1)
    dv = new DataView(f.buffer)
    dv.setBigInt64(0, -123n)
    console.log([...new Uint8Array(f.buffer)])

    f = new Float64Array(1)
    new BigUint64Array(f.buffer)[0] = -123n
    console.log([...new Uint8Array(f.buffer)])

    f = new Float64Array(1)
    f[0] = new Float64Array(new BigUint64Array([-123n]).buffer)[0]
    console.log([...new Uint8Array(f.buffer)])

    f = new Float64Array([NaN])
    console.log([...new Uint8Array(f.buffer)])

I get on Chrome:

    [255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 133]
    [133, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255]
    [133, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255]
    [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 248, 127]

And on Firefox:

    [ 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 133 ]
    [ 133, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255 ]
    [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 248, 127 ]
    [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 248, 127 ]

It looks like both implementations are buggy, Since both the DataView and buffer versions should be normalized.