10 bytes for an integer ?  Why so large ? 

Charlie

Anton Rolls wrote:
> Ok, just multiply that number by 10, and you have an estimate
> of the number of bytes consumed by the result. :)
> Each integer, as a rebol value, consumes around 10 bytes, if
> I remember correctly. So it is a fair whack of memory.
>
> Anton.
>
>   
>> I'm writing a set of unit tests for the compact-decompact functions for 
>> the Rebol Library. I try to include "boundary" conditions in the tests. 
>> One of the tests is: decompact [1x2147483646]. When I try this with 
>> Romano's decompact Rebol goes into a tight loop that i cannot break out 
>> of with escape and have to resort to ctrl-c. This happens both under 
>> Core 2.6.2 and Core 2.5.6
>>
>> Is this a bug in Rebol?
>>
>> Peter
>>     
>
>   



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