26 Feb
2003
26 Feb
'03
6:05 p.m.
I am counting with the overhead in general.
Each and every place that use integers in pike would have to check for unsigned and signed integers. Since integers smaller than 2^31 are presumably more common than integers between 2^31 and 2^32, the percentage of integers that would benefit is rather small compared to the number that would only get the penalties.
/ Per Hedbor ()
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2003-02-27 00:00: Subject: Re: 64 bit ints
I wouldn't go so far as to say that it would be slower than the bignum conversions, but it would surely be slower than using 64 bit integers all over.
/ Martin Stjernholm, Roxen IS