Alex, All, On 07/22/2014 12:41 PM, Nikolay Samofatov wrote: > Not so smart people use unsigned 32-bit integers. ... One more note on why using unsigned 32-bit integer in interface is not perfect choice:
There is no such data type in Java and other higher-level languages. So what do you propose such people to use when interfacing with Firebird? 64-bit integer? My understanding, is that unsigned int was created in C for bitwise manipulations and subsequently abused. Sorry for consuming so much bandwidth. Thanks, Nikolay ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
