From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.107.82.5 with SMTP id g5mr2090738iob.101.1519932159866; Thu, 01 Mar 2018 11:22:39 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.157.22.195 with SMTP id s3mr139986ots.13.1519932159699; Thu, 01 Mar 2018 11:22:39 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!newsreader4.netcologne.de!news.netcologne.de!peer02.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer03.am4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!peer03.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!w142no1204850ita.0!news-out.google.com!a25ni2255itj.0!nntp.google.com!w142no1204845ita.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2018 11:22:39 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=47.185.233.194; posting-account=zwxLlwoAAAChLBU7oraRzNDnqQYkYbpo NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.185.233.194 References: <421d1598-68d7-4d0b-b596-6e9c59cf865c@googlegroups.com> <877eqxe7u8.fsf@nightsong.com> <87muzsz6s2.fsf@nightsong.com> <628c3bba-6c0d-495b-be2f-e6ed3ef3418f@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <40f38dfc-d456-4c7c-a65b-8990483af0a3@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: 64-bit unsigned integer? From: "Dan'l Miller" Injection-Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2018 19:22:39 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Received-Bytes: 2108 X-Received-Body-CRC: 577926770 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:50764 Date: 2018-03-01T11:22:39-08:00 List-Id: Dmitry Kazakov wrote: > Because a bounded-length number object will have the worst case length, a= lways. Why would they be allocated as the humanly-imaginable worst-case for usage = of the library? Bounded textual strings are not allocated as the maximum u= niversally-conceivable textual string length of megabytes long. Bounded si= mply means: pick a modest upper bound and stick to it, say, 128-bit intege= r for bounded bignum or 32-character string for bounded textual string.