Re: [PHP] bigger than 32 bit int (and signed!) From: jeremy brand (jeremy <email protected>)
Date: 12/29/00

> You could buy a 64-bit computer :-)

<sarcasm continued="true">
:) In that case, I would want 128bit nums... Either architechture, I
want BIG INTS.
</sarcasm>

> Actually, that's not all in jest -- PHP keeps things simple, and uses the
> builtin datatypes of C which are hardware-based for your INT size. So if
> you*had* a 64-bit machine, PHP would be giving you 64-bit integers.

I know.

> I don't think the Developers are going to rush to add a lot of custom code
> for 64-bit support when they know that in a few years the hardware will do
> that automatically... But that's just a guess.

Well, that was my oppinion too, but I was hoping someone who KNEW
would answer this.

> This would probably better addressed by reading the TODO list to see if
> 64-bit support is there, and then hanging out on PHP-DEV list and asking
> around there. (Check the archives first, of course)

I thought I would start in general, since some developers hang here,
that is my plan.

However, thanks for the friendly reply!

Jeremy

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: jeremy brand <jeremy <email protected>>
> Newsgroups: php.general
> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 3:03 PM
> Subject: [PHP] bigger than 32 bit int (and signed!)
>
>
> > Are there plans to do double precision numbers in PHP? The reason I
> > ask is that I use MySQL a lot, and they support INT:32 bits (signed
> > and not) and also BIGINT: 64 bits (signed and not).
> >
> > It would be really nice to have larger number support in PHP. BC math
> > is a nice hack (but limited to what you can do), but it would be truly
> > nice to have large and unsigned numbers in PHP.
> >
> > <sarcasm>
> > Doesn't it just make you jealous that MySQL can do it but PHP can't?
> > </sarcasm>
> >
> > Just my $0.05. Let me know if you need more...
> >
> > Jeremy
> >
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