FW: Couple of things

[Jesse Weaver]

On 11/13/06, Daniel Leuck <dan at ikayzo.com> wrote:
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>  Hi Jesse,
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> The Mono issue appears to be a bug with the Mono compiler (those two
> interface methods are not ambiguous), but I will look into what can be done.
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Re: I would think that a 32-bit integer and a 64-bit floating point would be
> enough.
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> The two options I would consider are:
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>    1. Make the 128 bit decimal type an optional feature.
>    2. Redefine decimal as the most accurate decimal type available on
>    the platform.
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> I am leaning strongly towards one because I don't like the notion of
> something having significantly different meaning on different platforms.
> Any objections?
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> Dan
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Well, there is one problem: right now, Java and C# support the 128-bit
number, and C++ won't. This effectively means that we'll have two versions
of the SDL language. Since the decimal type is probably only needed for
special uses, this should be okay, but it could lead to problems down the
road.

-- 
Jesse

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