Re: [RFC] 64 bit platform improvements for string length and integer

Hi Anatol, On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 8:05 AM, Anatol Belski <ab@php.net> wrote: > thanks for the interest on this. Such an idea existed at the start among > others, as well as introducing a new zval member for 'int64' besides > 'long'. The reasons for not doing it (now), also from the todays point > of view: > > - much higher patch complexity > - with more complexity the risk of not finishing the patch grows > - worse compatibility with libraries > - worse compatibility with existing extensions > - 64 bit processors are widely available > - well, the slowliness you mention, whereby i've no benchmarks at hand > Thank you for your explanations. These are understandable reasons. Let's finish current proposal, then we may try to extend int type. If I finished my todo list for PHP, I'll join your project! Regards, -- Yasuo Ohgaki yohgaki@ohgaki.net