On 11/10/2014 10:13, Lester Caine wrote:
BIGINT is the SQL99-compliant 64-bit signed integer type
It's a matter of context. In C, and therefore in related discussions (which includes the internals of PHP), integers are referred to as "short" (for 16-bit), "long" (for 32-bit) and "long long" (for 64-bit), but never as "big". SQL is unusual in calling a 32-bit integer "BigInt" rather than some variant of "long" or "32", and since we're not discussing databases here, it's of only marginal relevance.
I can see why, having spent more time in SQL than C, you might jump to the wrong meaning of "BigInt", and it might even be worth considering this potential confusion when writing the end-user documentation for this new feature, should it be implemented.
But, as others have said, that's really not an issue which should dominate the discussion at this stage.
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Rowan Collins
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