Also, technically, int8¹ ranges from 127 to 127, not 128, which requires
9 bits to store.
cheers,
Klaus
On 9/10/08 3:39 PM, "Klaus Steden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>did etch on
stone tablets:
>
> Hello Craig,
>
> int¹ types include a sign bit ... hence the availability of the uint¹ types,
> which are unsigned.
>
> Also what¹s 0¹?
>
> cheers,
> Klaus
>
> On 9/10/08 2:13 PM, "Craig Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>did etch on stone
> tablets:
>
>>
>> Wouldn't that be:
>>
>> int8 = -0 to 128
>>
>> and not:
>>
>> int8 = -128 to 127
>>
>> Craig
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 12:55 PM, Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belon
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 12:08:31PM -0700, Craig Simpson wrote:
>>>> > gmetric -t types question
>>>> >
>>>> > As an option sending data to gmetric, I don't get the -t flag. The
>>>> options
>>>> > are
>>>> >
>>>> > -t, --type=STRING Either
>>>> > string|int8|uint8|int16|uint16|int32|uint32|float|double
>>>> >
>>>> > What exactly do the different options mean?
>>>
>>> the data type that the metric is represented internally (uint16 = unsigned
>>> integer of 16 bits, so from 0 to 65535).
>>>
>>> the important issues to consider are :
>>>
>>> * if it is a numeric value with decimals use float or double with the best
>>> fitting width based on precision as per IEEE_754
>>>
>>> * if it is a numeric value without decimals use the best fitting width and
>>> signed type.
>>>
>>> int8 = -128 to 127
>>> uint8 = 0 to 255
>>>
>>> * if it is some text value use string.
>>>
>>> both numeric values will be graphed over time, while the string values will
>>> only show the last value through the frontend.
>>>
>>> Carlo
>>
>>
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