The current format for encoding floating point numbers does not allow for compression in the way the format for integer numbers does. I understand this, since the IEEE formats do not offer a means to compress their numbers.
There is another floating point format called unum (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unum_(number_format)). This format allows for compression and more precisely represents the final number, for a given precision. I bring this up as a suggestion to get even more compression into the protobuffer format. Sincerely, Vincent -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/protobuf. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
