RE: ICU4C API proposal - int64 support for NumberFormat

Let me clarify the statement that I made to Markus recently.

uint64_t can be used on HP-UX, but there was an optimization problem with 
uint64_t when it was used in RBNF (rule based number format).  As I 
remember, HP-UX aCC was interpreting the uint64_t type as an int64_t for 
some of the math.  We have a very old machine, and for various reasons we 
can't upgrade our machine or our compiler.

The main issue for me is not HP-UX aCC uint64_t support, but it is keeping 
the ICU4C and ICU4J APIs in sync.

George Rhoten
IBM Globalization Center of Competency/ICU  San José, CA, USA




"Robert Buck" <[email protected]>
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11/03/2003 08:58 AM
 
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We use HP aCC (HP ANSI C++ B3910B A.03.37), and it supports them. Look in 
/usr/include/sys/_inttypes.h.

Bob

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
> Markus Scherer
> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 11:46 AM
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> Subject: Re: ICU4C API proposal - int64 support for NumberFormat
>
>
> Pete Barber wrote:
> > I would also like to see support for unsigned 64bit ints.  I
> > understand that icu4c wants to stay in synch. with Java
> which has no
> > need for unsigned 64bit hence why unsigned support might not be
> > addressed.
>
> As far as I know, at least one of our compilers (HP?) does
> not have any built-in type for unsigned
> 64-bit integers. George may know the details but is out today.
>
> markus
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