Re: 48-bit fixnums

[Sam S. <sd...@gn...>]

> * Bruno Haible <oe...@py...> [2005-05-30 14:50:00 +0200]:
>
> Sam wrote:
>> > I've committed a patch that allows for 48-bit fixnums on 64-bit
>> > platforms.
>> 
>> this did not affect array size limits.
>> why?
>
> It was not my goal to increase the memory size of every array (by
> increasing its 'length' field from uintL to uintV).

an extra 4 bytes is nothing compared to extra functionality.
(can you add a "large array" flag?)

-- 
Sam Steingold (http://www.podval.org/~sds) running FC3 GNU/Linux
<http://www.dhimmi.com/> <http://pmw.org.il/> <http://www.jihadwatch.org/>
<http://www.iris.org.il> <http://www.mideasttruth.com/> <http://www.camera.org>
The world will end in 5 minutes.  Please log out.