Re: Perl's newSViv() versus 64-bit ints?

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: Perl's newSViv() versus 64-bit ints?
Date: 2016-03-12 01:46:37
Message-ID: 56E374FD.4060805@dunslane.net
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On 03/11/2016 06:49 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Anybody know what will happen when passing a uint64 to newSViv()?
>
>

A perl IV is guaranteed large enough to hold a pointer, if that's any
help. But for an unsigned value you might be better off calling newSVuv()

cheers

andrew

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