Re: Fw: Bumping PHP to support 8byte integers

["Jeroen van Wolffelaar" <jeroen@a-eskwadraat.nl>] > Hi, > > For a scripting language, integers should IMHO be bounded by a number that > will reasonally not be bound by numbers that will be used in normal scripts. > > That is currently not the case, 4 bytes are insufficient IMHO. Why not make > sure PHP uses 8 bytes at least? Or are there platforms not supporting 8byte > integers? I believe most popular do... (at least linux on i586 and i686, > windows and Solaris (I tested SunOS 5.6)) > > For implementation, I think that we should introduce p_int and p_float > typedefs for php-integer and php-float anyway, and changing THAT isn't a > problem. > > About preformance/memory, I think that's not an issue. Making strings > unicode will be much more heavy for PHP... Does anyone have experience with moving a large system from 4-byte to 8-byte integers? What are other languages doing? My gut (the ultimate risk management tool) thinks it's dangerous to start messing with internal types without knowing exactly what the consequences are, preferably with some experience (own or others) to back it up. - Stig -- Stig Sæther Bakken <ssb@alltheweb.com> Fast Search & Transfer ASA, Trondheim, Norway