[VOTE] Big Integer Support

Hi everyone, I should’ve done this a long time ago, but I’m going to hold a vote on this RFC. The implementation isn’t finished, but the remaining work isn’t impossible to surmount (though help would certainly be appreciated). RFCs can be put to vote without implementations (or so says https://wiki.php.net/rfc/howto), so the fact the implementation is unfinished isn’t necessarily a blocker. Putting it to a vote, finally, means I can stimulate further discussion (let’s face it, most discussion on a given RFC happens during voting), and importantly, see how much support the RFC has in order motivate myself to finish the implementation. I think this would be a useful feature for PHP. It brings PHP into line with other modern dynamic languages in having integers of arbitrary size. It makes integer behaviour both more intuitive and more consistent across platforms. It (finally) adds a means for handling of 64-bit (and larger) integers in 32-bit environments. I think allowing integers to grow as needed and not having to worry about platform-specific details is very “PHP”, as well. So, anyway, here’s the RFC, including the voting widget: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/bigint Voting starts today (2015-02-15) and ends in 10 days (2015-02-25). If you have any queries, please ask. Thanks! -- Andrea Faulds http://ajf.me/