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

From: Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 08:57:52 +0000
Subject: Re: [VOTE] [RFC] 64 bit platform improvements for string length and integer
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On 14 May 2014, at 09:53, Dmitry Stogov <dmitry@zend.com> wrote:

> PHP supports 64bit for ages, and this proposal has nothing common with
> 64bit support in general.
> It allows 2GB strings, but do you imagine a web application that need them?
> However, each big PHP site will have to "pay" for it.


FWIW, it does concern general 64-bit support. It makes PHP act consistently across all 64-bit
platforms. 

Also, switching to size_t for string length does not just mean ‘2GB strings’. It means using the
right tool for the job. Even the C standard library uses size_t for string length!

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Andrea Faulds
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