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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [DRAFT][RFC] Big Integer Support
From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Collins)

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Chris Wright wrote (on 26/06/2014):
>> I'm assuming if bigint keys were available, PHP_INT_MAX would still have the
>> same value, but PHP_INT_MAX + 1 would become a valid key, making this work
>> transparently.
> PHP_INT_MAX would probably need to be renamed (i.e. deprecated and
> replaced) because it would become a misnomer - the max*PHP*  int is no
> longer known because it is limited only by memory.

An interesting thought. Is there really much value in renaming it 
though? It would cause a compatibility break (once the deprecation 
period expired) for something which could easily be covered by 
documentation. If done right, the BigInt support would simply make the 
constant unnecessary in the majority of cases.

It's also not entirely clear to me what it could be renamed *to* which 
was any more appropriate.

P.S. You hit "reply" instead of "reply list" or "reply to all", so your 
message missed the list.
-- 
Rowan Collins
[IMSoP]

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