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

From: Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 23:06:13 +0000
Subject: Re: [VOTE] [RFC] 64 bit platform improvements for string length and integer
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On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 3:27 PM, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote:

> it is not only about about just using it but to finally have a
> safe and clean 64bit implementation. Almost every other project did
> that years ago, recommendation from various compilers developers,
> security teams, etc. do recommend to implement 64bit support this way.
> We had issues because of the lack of usage of this well known
> standard.
>

Better security outweigh performance in general. Security and performance
is trade off relation almost always. Some structures/variables may use
32bit values for better performance when the gain outhweigh.

It seems we are better to reorganize RFC process. It would be better
agree on idea first, then details. Especially for large patches so that
people's
work would be wasted.

Regards,

--
Yasuo Ohgaki
yohgaki@ohgaki.net


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