Re: 64-bit zval type
| From: | (Marcus B�rger) | Date: | Sun, 17 Aug 2003 11:17:55 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: 64-bit zval type | ||
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Hello Ard,
Sunday, August 17, 2003, 1:04:05 PM, you wrote:
>> AB> Is there a 64-bit integer zval, or is it expected in the near future ?
>> AB> (Need it for BLOB handling in Interbase)
>>
>> Only on 64bit machines there is.
AB> You mean because long == int64 on 64-bit architectures, right ?
yes, so it's not portable
>> But you can use mumeric strings for that as ext/pgsql does.
AB> Not really, in my case.
Anyway php is a weak typed language which means numeric strings and integers
are interchangeably usable. As a consequence it is possible but with very much
work at c level (i didn't say it's easy).
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Best regards,
Marcus mailto:helly@php.net