On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Dan Sugalski wrote:
> =head2 Intger data types
>
> Integer data types are generically referred to as C<INT>s. There is an
> C<INT> typedef that is guaranteed to hold any integer type.
[gazing into crystal ball . . . ] I predict some header somewhere is going
to already #define "INT". Perhaps PERL_INT and PERL_NUM ?
Do you also want an unsigned variant? (trying to spare Nick some of
the sign preservation madness he's currently battling in perl5.)
> =item Platform-native integer
>
> These are whatever size native integer was chosen at perl
> configuration time. The C-level typedef C<IV> and C<UV> get you a
> platform-native signed and unsigned integer respectively.
So presumably PERL_INT could be "long long" but IV might just be "long".
Hmm. So how do you carry around a PERL_INT inside the perl6 source?
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Andy Dougherty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dept. of Physics
Lafayette College, Easton PA 18042
