On Sat, Oct 04, 2008 at 03:35:01PM +0000, Martin Stjernholm, Roxen IS @ Pike developers forum wrote:
Adding builtin support for unsigned native integers would mean adding another core runtime type
isn't int(0..4294967295) good enough for that?
Btw, I think we've had this discussion before, when Alexander Demenshin proposed the same thing. (Where is he now?)
we had the discussion in terms of adding a new type, yes, but i am specifically asking about the feasability of internaly optimizing int(0..4294967295) without changing anything on the pike level.
i am happy with no as an answer, i am just trying to understand all the details and alternative solutions so that i can pass them on to people interested in pike who are asking about this.
greetings, martin.