Are there no opinions about that?
It's just that if u pack an integer u get an integer and are not
influenced by the convert to the long as it is stored in a zval struct.
It's just about handling an int as an int (which is also 4byte on x64) and
avoid problems if the long is bigger than the int
I also attached the patch against PHP_5_2 CVS
Index: ext/standard/pack.c
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RCS file: /repository/php-src/ext/standard/pack.c,v
retrieving revision 1.57.2.5
diff -u -r1.57.2.5 pack.c
--- ext/standard/pack.c 26 Feb 2006 10:49:50
