Maximum Ints
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| Regarding the the (2^31)-1 limitation on integer sizes, would 64-Bit OS and/or CPU be able to handle integers up to (2^63)-1 ? Sounds like it should be so in theory, is anyone able to try this? |
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| If they can, that's one hell of a serious bug. The size of an int should be determined by the language, not by the architecture. Many structures rely heavily on data types being a known size; if ints magically became 64-bit on newer operating systems I'm pretty sure everything would explode in a very horrible way. EDIT: Also, I forgot - 32-bit hardware can still handle 64-bit integers perfectly happily - go and try it in BlitzMax. It's just not as fast. |
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| Well, it would always be beneficial to account for increases in size, what if a Blitz update suddwenly allowed for larger Ints? It's why a lot of things like the 'Y3K' bug etc. occur when programers have poor foresight. But then, of course, we don't live in a perfect world ;) and I do see your point there. I didn't think of that potential so it likely would be a headache for a LOT of people. |
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