Re: on memory usage with the 64bit patch, and interpretation of various numbers

On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 7:25 AM, Ulf Wendel <ulf.wendel@phpdoc.de> wrote: > Assuming unified behaviour is the #1 goal, the lowest common denominator > could be used instead of the largest. The latter obviously has > undesired side effects. Nice rhetoric but sadly missing some of the key points: - for class/variables and other language keywords, we can keep what we have (see my other replies for the reasons) - we can always limit the maximum size of a storage (hash, zval, buffer, etc) at the implementation . we already do that . it still gives us the benefits of using a clean, safe and standard implementation (see other replies for a more detailed explanation about these points) - the lower common denominator, platforms wild is what we do with this patch -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://www.libgd.org