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Subject: Other Integers for php 6
From: enugroho@spikesource.com (Ezra Nugroho)

PHP developers,

Are the requirements for PHP 6 set in stone?

I saw in the minutes from the Paris meeting that a 64bit integer has
been proposed. I am curious if it would make sense to allow integers to
be both signed and unsigned. For me personally, I would love to have
unsigned 64bit integers.

I have a task that requires bitflag operations. Having only 16 bits to
deal with is really bad (I only care about positive int). Having 32
positive bits in PHP 6 is certainly an improvement, but if I can get all
64, then live would be much better.

http://www.php.net/~derick/meeting-notes.html#add-a-64bit-integer

Thanks,
Ezra