Re: Re: 64bit and phpng, votes and plans
| From: | Andrea Faulds | Date: | Tue, 20 May 2014 22:09:51 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: 64bit and phpng, votes and plans | ||
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On 20 May 2014, at 22:58, Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk> wrote:
>>> >Similar argument applies to string also. It would be WTF, when users try to
>>> >access string offset over 32bit values. Data dealt with PHP is getting
>>> >larger
>>> >and larger. It would be an issue sooner or later.
>> Not likely, unless somehow PHP becomes language of choice for processing
>> big data. Which I don't see exactly happening. But if it ever happens,
>> we can deal with it then.
>
> It is here today and has been for many years now. While the number of records may not be large,
> using large offsets can result in passing the 32bit boundary and what was an integer flips ...
Any app which deals with Twitter is dealing with large, 64-bit numbers.
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Andrea Faulds
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