[Qt5-feedback] Real 64 Bit support ?

[Thiago Macieira]

On Tuesday, 17 de May de 2011 12:41:34 André Pönitz wrote:
> Sorry to repeat myself. The question is relevant.
> 
> Right now we can exchange a QVector between any platform, with "natural"
> syntax for reading and writing, without any casting. One does not have to
> care at all for the platform. It just works.

Let me be precise:

I don't want to change. I don't think it's a good idea. If you need to handle 
billions of elements, you should find dedicated classes for this.

I agree with your points on how this makes it difficult, introducing warnings or 
subtle errors.

However, the wire format is not an issue. It can be solved by having the size 
in the wire stored as a 64-bit int on all platforms. You can't load more 
elements than what you have memory for anyway. See the other email I've just 
sent.

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