Re: Constants
| From: | J Smith | Date: | Thu, 14 Feb 2002 14:06:31 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Constants | ||
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I think it's 2^31 because that's 2147483648, the largest value available
for a long signed int in ANSI C.I t's also the value of RAND_MAX in
stdlib.h on many systems. (It is on my system at any rate, linux using
glibc.)
J
Evan Nemerson wrote:
> I was thinking about putting together a list of constants, their purpose,
> what version of PHP they initially appeared in, etc.
>
> So far, I have figured out a function called "REGISTER_LONG_CONSTANT" is
> used, or a constant is defined in the source with a name that has a
> preceeding "PHP_" (eg "PHP_RAND_MAX"- which is 2^31??? why not 2^32? sorry
> off the point.) Are there any other ways? Are these ways inaccurate?
>
> Please reply to my e-mail address (evan@coeus-group.com). I don't
> subscribe to this list.
>
>
> Evan Nemerson