Felipe Almeida Lessa <felipe.le...@gmail.com> writes: > I have a small comment: why not use Int64 for Offset as the bio > library uses? Int is only guaranteed to have 30 bits, which means > that we can only use Offset on the first 0.5 Gbp, which seems rather > limiting :).
Another reason to use Int64 is that this is what (lazy) ByteString uses, which was perhaps the main reason for using it in biolib. I guess a lot of people are now using 64 bit computers, where GHC's Int is also 64 bits, and this might hide some bugs - and potentially rather nasty ones, as overflowing numbers silenty wrap instead of causing exceptions. -k -- If I haven't seen further, it is by standing in the footprints of giants _______________________________________________ Biohaskell mailing list Biohaskell@biohaskell.org http://malde.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/biohaskell
