[M3devel] INTEGER

[Mika Nystrom]

Is the infinite extent of the TEXT type a serious implementation difficulty? :-)

    Mika

hendrik at topoi.pooq.com writes:
>On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 03:44:03PM -0400, Tony Hosking wrote:
>> Defined as...
>
>A type whose values are integers.  If it's only used as subranges,
>its infinite extent is not an implementation difficulty.
>
>-- hendrik
>
>> 
>> On 22 Apr 2010, at 11:43, hendrik at topoi.pooq.com wrote:
>> 
>> > On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 03:27:50PM -0400, Tony Hosking wrote:
>> >> This is bizarre, and perverts the language definition significantly more than the current scheme.
>> >> What is the base type of that subrange?
>> > 
>> > LONGINT.
>> > 
>> > -- hendrik
>> > 
>k