Re: [VOTE] 64 bit platform improvements for string length and integer

From: Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:10:50 +0000
Subject: Re: [VOTE] 64 bit platform improvements for string length and integer
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On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 1:08 PM, Andrey Hristov <[email protected]> wrote:

>> That is a bit of a red herring. I doubt all of the people who voted even
>> know what the intricate differences are between int and long and
>> different data type sizes depending on compiler. It's like saying that
>> people always voting for the same party in parliamentary elections know
>> what their party's program is. Hint: they don't.
>
>
> or most of them don't support an extension...I see that actually not a few
> extension writers are against the change


Actually the majority does. And some devs changed their mind after the
misleading posts from Derick and Hannes here, did not read the RFC
carefully, did not check the options, let alone test it.

I will try to provide a sample ext with the option #2 and #3, so we
have a better example of the impact.

-- 
Pierre

@pierrejoye | http://www.libgd.org


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