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Date:      Fri, 26 Jul 2013 20:11:08 +0200
From:      Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au>
Cc:        arch@freebsd.org, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jordan.hubbard@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: General purpose library for name/value pairs.
Message-ID:  <20130726181108.GA1811@garage.freebsd.pl>
In-Reply-To: <20130726175858.Y1061@besplex.bde.org>
References:  <20130704215329.GG1402@garage.freebsd.pl> <4818.1373008073@critter.freebsd.dk> <20130705195255.GB25842@garage.freebsd.pl> <60317.1373055040@critter.freebsd.dk> <20130708150308.GE1383@garage.freebsd.pl> <717D098F-D07E-45B0-B9F0-8D8BCEF06923@mail.turbofuzz.com> <20130708213351.GB1405@garage.freebsd.pl> <D2E98A8F-F765-4A56-96CD-4410944A2910@turbofuzz.com> <20130725202832.GD1400@garage.freebsd.pl> <20130726175858.Y1061@besplex.bde.org>

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On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 06:04:15PM +1000, Bruce Evans wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Jul 2013, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
>=20
> > Returning to this thread after a short break. I removed all
> > {,u}int{8,16.32.64} types and implemented only 'number' type which is
> > uint64_t. Looks much nicer now.
>=20
> The numeric type should be floating point.  Or better yet, bignum.  Or
> more practically, uintmax_t.

The uintmax_t in theory can change in the future, which would make
sending numeric type from system with larger uintmax_t to system with
smaller uintmax_t problematic.

--=20
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