Serialize double and float with C

Question

How can I serialize doubles and floats in C?

I have the following code for serializing shorts, ints, and chars.

unsigned char * serialize_char(unsign         


        

Answer 1

Following your update, you mention the data is to be transmitted using UDP and ask for best practices. I would highly recommend sending the data as text, perhaps even with some markup added (XML). Debugging endian-related errors across a transmission-line is a waste of everybody's time

Just my 2 cents on the "best practices" part of your question