Re: Larger than 32bit signed?

On 8 Feb 2006, at 14:32, Mark Ellzey wrote:

> I have recently taken up a project which entails output of statistical
> information. Many if not most of the other applications in the
> enterprise use XML-RPC as a communications method and I wanted to do
> the same for this one.
>
> The problem that I run into is that the XML-RPC specification only
> states an "i4" or 4 bytes signed for integers. I find it hard to
> believe that no other developer has never wanted any number larger
> than the ones provided.
>
> Has there been any research done in the area of adding unsigned or 64
> bit numbers to the specification? I understand I can just convert the
> number to a string and have the application have the logic to convert
> it, but that does not scale.


The strength of XML-RPC is the interoperability. The spec has been  
stable for years now and I see no real chance that it will get  
changed now.

Why doesn't using strings "scale"?

You can use double, of course, which gives you a continuous Integer  
range of +- 2**52.


Just how big are the numbers you want to send?


John Wilson
The Wilson Partnership
http://www.wilson.co.uk




 
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