Re: [go-nuts] Int64 to []byte and vice-versa

2022-11-21 Thread 'Axel Wagner' via golang-nuts
Use `encoding/binary`. Yes, you have to care about byte order. But that's inherent to the question. There is no canonical way in which an integer correspond to a slice of bytes, you actually have to say how to encode it. That also doesn't cause any problems - on the contrary, being explicit about

Re: [go-nuts] Int64 to []byte and vice-versa

2022-11-21 Thread Jan Mercl
On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 9:57 AM Nikhilesh Susarla wrote: > I have an int64 value say 12 > I want to convert that to []byte array. Such conversion is not supported. Also, []byte is a slice. However, the desired result can be computed in code. You can use the encoding/binary package for that.

[go-nuts] Int64 to []byte and vice-versa

2022-11-21 Thread Nikhilesh Susarla
Hi, I have an int64 value say 12 I want to convert that to []byte array. How do we do that. There were lot of ways on the internet. Nothing which golang specifies or has a built-package for direct conversions. Lot of them dealt with Endiean's, but that might cause issues to I believe. So, is