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Subject: Re: Support for 64 bit integer Normative Types?
From: Ralph Lange via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
To: EPICS Tech Talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 20:01:59 +0200
On Fri, 25 Sept 2026 at 18:19, William Badgett via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov> wrote:
Is there any plan to create a centrally supported signed or unsigned 64 bit integers as the value field in NTScalar ?

Not sure what you mean; the scalar type in the NT spec contains 64 bit integers. 

Cheers,
~Ralph


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Support for 64 bit integer Normative Types? William Badgett via Tech-talk

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