Re: V4 design issue: Should primitive data types have well defined precisions?

[Ralph Lange <Ralph.Lange@bessy.de>]

I completely agree with Benjamin:

CA should have size-fixed types on the network,
DA should support the native types of its language and convert from/to 
the CA types as necessary.

Ralph


Benjamin Franksen wrote:

> According to DA philosophy the interface should /not/ enforce how 
> clients or servers store /their/ data.
> [...]
> Yes, at some point we will have to nail down CA network format. I 
> suggest that primitive types for the network layer should be as rich 
> as possible, /including/ unsigned types. Since each data transfer is 
> initiated (originally) by the client, communication with a native Java 
> client will simply never use those unsigned types, thus creating no 
> problem for the native client. A native Java server, OTOH, will never 
> expose unsigned data, so a client cannot request it, thus still no 
> problem.
>
> Cheers,
> Ben