On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 12:03 PM, Clemens Ladisch <clemens at ladisch.de> wrote:
> Cezary H. Noweta wrote: > > Is there some more-or-less official list posted somewhere with things > which is better not to be done? > > The documentation is quite clear that INTEGERs have 64 bits. So trying > to use integers above 9223372036854775807 is something that is better > not to be done. > Also beware that some scripting languages only support 48 bits of integer precision, so 64 bits may or may not be usable in any given scripting language environment. -- ----- stephan beal http://wanderinghorse.net/home/stephan/ http://gplus.to/sgbeal "Freedom is sloppy. But since tyranny's the only guaranteed byproduct of those who insist on a perfect world, freedom will have to do." -- Bigby Wolf
