[MC-94907] Wrong NBT TAG type for damage value of item

Relates to:

MC-35127
MC-94236

Introduction

This is based on Mincraft 1.8 (decompiled with MCP) and might not be the case anymore.

The bug

Internally the Damage value of an item (ItemStack) is an int, however in the NBT representation it is a short.

Comments 2

kumasasa 2015-12-28T19:34:27Z

Why is it a problem when the internal data reprensentation is bigger than the interface data type ?
When by whatever means the internal data never exceeds the validity range of the interface data type, then the serialization / deserialization process is save.

marcono1234 2015-12-28T19:47:01Z

Sorry, then close this report