>>> import sys >>> sys.maxint 9223372036854775807 >>> int(sys.maxint +1) 9223372036854775808L >>> int(sys.maxint) 9223372036854775807
On Friday, June 21, 2013 7:58:46 PM UTC+2, Derek wrote: > > But in Python, isn't an int's size unlimited? I didn't think it was mapped > to a platform int... > > On Friday, June 21, 2013 8:19:20 AM UTC-7, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: >> >> It was motivated bit the need to support bigint ID fields. This is for >> relational databases but, most importantly for non-relational ones. For >> example in mongodb the ID is a long UUID so we must map that into a ID. It >> comes up a long integer. >> >> Yet using int instead of long was a problem also when bigint is not used >> in relational databases, in those cases where many records are added and >> removed. The ID may grow much more than the number of records you store. >> >> Massimo >> >> On Friday, 21 June 2013 08:06:15 UTC-5, Richard wrote: >>> >>> As explain Simone in case of passing id to javascript it requires >>> refactoring of app... Also it brake silently a javascript plugin integrated >>> manually as a field widget (not a custom widget). I gues I should have a >>> made some test to cover that, but I am still exploring how the best way to >>> manage test in web2py. >>> >>> But, I don't understand (didn't read search the mailing-list) what was >>> the motivation and the advantage of this change... Was it related to the >>> bigint change talked about several month ago? It was suppose to be default >>> to integer (what it was until now) and option in for bigint... >>> >>> Richard >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 7:43 AM, Alan Etkin <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I think it is not in the change log and it is not acceptable.... >>>>> >>>> >>>> Hi Richard. Why it is not acceptable? Did the change break a documented >>>> feature? How? >>>> >>>> Perhaps you want to post an issue in the project page ( >>>> code.google.com/p/web2py/issues). If you do, please post as much >>>> information you have collected about the problem as you can including >>>> source code, error tracebacks, OS, db and web2py version, DAL adapter name >>>> and the section of the book with the documented feature that is not >>>> working. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "web2py-users" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
