Re: [RFC] Big Integer Support

On Sat, 2014-10-11 at 17:05 +0100, Lester Caine wrote: > BIGINT is a cleanly defined concept and something we have had to cope > with for some time since PHP does not support 64 bit integers cleanly. > Now that 64 bit builds support a clean 64 bit integer, the problem > arises that 32 bit builds will handle this in the old way. Arbitrary-precision arithmetic From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Bigint) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigint In computer science, arbitrary-precision arithmetic, also called bignum arithmetic, multiple precision arithmetic, or sometimes infinite-precision arithmetic, indicates that calculations are performed on numbers whose digits of precision are limited only by the available memory of the host system. This contrasts with the faster fixed-precision arithmetic found in most arithmetic logic unit (ALU) hardware, which typically offers between 8 and 64 bits of precision [...] But that's bikesheding, if we like we can call it also yellow-blue-striped birds with red dots. Please discuss the contents not the painting. Thanks. johannes