Updated lib/encode: Added warning on float conversion

Author: jhermsmeier

lib/encode.js

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ function encode( data ) {
   return Buffer.concat( buffers )
 }
 
+encode._floatConversionDetected = false
+
 encode._encode = function( buffers, data ) {
 
   if( data instanceof Buffer ) {
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ encode._encode = function( buffers, data ) {
         : encode.dict( buffers, data )
       break
   }
+  
 }
 
 var buff_e = new Buffer('e')
@@ -43,13 +46,23 @@ encode.bytes = function( buffers, data ) {
 }
 
 encode.number = function( buffers, data ) {
+  
   var maxLo = 4294967295
   var hi = ( data / maxLo ) << 0
   var lo = ( data % maxLo  ) << 0
   var val = hi * maxLo + lo
-  buffers.push(
-    new Buffer( 'i' + val + 'e'
-  ))
+  
+  buffers.push( new Buffer( 'i' + val + 'e' ))
+  
+  if( val !== data && !encode._floatConversionDetected ) {
+    encode._floatConversionDetected = true
+    console.warn(
+      'WARNING: Possible data corruption detected with value "'+data+'":',
+      'Bencoding only defines support for integers, value was converted to "'+val+'"'
+    )
+    console.trace()
+  }
+  
 }
 
 encode.dict = function( buffers, data ) {