4 files changed, 35 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_decode_term.c b/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_decode_term.c
index 7b95ff232f..32aec988e1 100644
--- a/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_decode_term.c
+++ b/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_decode_term.c
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
 #include "ei_decode_term.h"
 #include "putget.h"
 
-/* Returns 1 if term is decoded, 0 if term is OK, but not decoded here
-   and -1 if something is wrong.
-   ONLY changes index if term is decoded (return value 1)! */
+/* Returns 0 on successful encoding, -1 on error, and 1 if the term seems
+   alright, but does not fit in the term structure. If it returns 0, the
+   index will be incremented, and the term contains the decoded term. */
 
 int ei_decode_ei_term(const char* buf, int* index, ei_term* term)
 {
@@ -46,11 +46,8 @@ int ei_decode_ei_term(const char* buf, int* index, ei_term* term)
 	term->value.i_val = get32be(s);
 	break;
     case ERL_FLOAT_EXT:
-    	if (s[30]) return -1;
-	if (sscanf(s, "%lf", &f) != 1) return -1;
-	s += 31;
-	term->value.d_val = f;
-	break;
+    case NEW_FLOAT_EXT:
+        return ei_decode_double(buf, index, &term->value.d_val);
     case ERL_ATOM_EXT:
 	len = get16be(s);
 	memcpy(term->value.atom_name, s, len); 
diff --git a/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_printterm.c b/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_printterm.c
index 8d0eef5e79..00f98ba0a1 100644
--- a/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_printterm.c
+++ b/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_printterm.c
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ static int print_term(FILE* fp, ei_x_buff* x,
         break;
 
     case ERL_FLOAT_EXT:
+    case NEW_FLOAT_EXT:
 	if (ei_decode_double(buf, index, &d) < 0) goto err;
 	ch_written += xprintf(fp, x, "%f", d);
 	break;
diff --git a/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/putget.h b/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/putget.h
index 98d9ebb64c..f0fbd9a211 100644
--- a/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/putget.h
+++ b/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/putget.h
@@ -54,6 +54,18 @@
   (s) += 4; \
 } while (0)
 
+#define put64be(s,n) do {  \
+  (s)[0] = ((n) >>  56) & 0xff; \
+  (s)[1] = ((n) >>  48) & 0xff; \
+  (s)[2] = ((n) >>  40) & 0xff; \
+  (s)[3] = ((n) >>  32) & 0xff; \
+  (s)[4] = ((n) >>  24) & 0xff; \
+  (s)[5] = ((n) >>  16) & 0xff; \
+  (s)[6] = ((n) >>  8)  & 0xff; \
+  (s)[7] = (n) & 0xff; \
+  (s) += 8; \
+} while (0)
+
 #define get8(s) \
      ((s) += 1, \
       ((unsigned char *)(s))[-1] & 0xff)
@@ -82,4 +94,20 @@
        (((unsigned char *)(s))[-2] << 8) | \
        ((unsigned char *)(s))[-1]))
      
+#define get64be(s) \
+     ((s) += 8, \
+      (((EI_ULONGLONG)((unsigned char *)(s))[-8] << 56) | \
+       ((EI_ULONGLONG)((unsigned char *)(s))[-7] << 48) | \
+       ((EI_ULONGLONG)((unsigned char *)(s))[-6] << 40) | \
+       ((EI_ULONGLONG)((unsigned char *)(s))[-5] << 32) | \
+       ((EI_ULONGLONG)((unsigned char *)(s))[-4] << 24) | \
+       ((EI_ULONGLONG)((unsigned char *)(s))[-3] << 16) | \
+       ((EI_ULONGLONG)((unsigned char *)(s))[-2] << 8)  | \
+        (EI_ULONGLONG)((unsigned char *)(s))[-1]))
+
+typedef union float_ext {
+    double d;
+    EI_ULONGLONG val;
+} FloatExt;
+
 #endif /* _PUTGET_H */
diff --git a/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/show_msg.c b/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/show_msg.c
index 25865d6f8e..9ed27f49d5 100644
--- a/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/show_msg.c
+++ b/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/show_msg.c
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ static void show_term(const char *termbuf, int *index, FILE *stream)
 	break;
 
     case ERL_FLOAT_EXT:
+    case NEW_FLOAT_EXT:
 	ei_decode_double(termbuf,index,&fnum);
 	fprintf(stream,"%f",fnum);
 	break;