I think it's 2^31 because that's 2147483648, the largest value available for a long signed int in ANSI C.I t's also the value of RAND_MAX in stdlib.h on many systems. (It is on my system at any rate, linux using glibc.)
J Evan Nemerson wrote: > I was thinking about putting together a list of constants, their purpose, > what version of PHP they initially appeared in, etc. > > So far, I have figured out a function called "REGISTER_LONG_CONSTANT" is > used, or a constant is defined in the source with a name that has a > preceeding "PHP_" (eg "PHP_RAND_MAX"- which is 2^31??? why not 2^32? sorry > off the point.) Are there any other ways? Are these ways inaccurate? > > Please reply to my e-mail address ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). I don't > subscribe to this list. > > > Evan Nemerson -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
