[fpc-pascal]Longer than longint?

[Florian Klaempfl]

At 12:26 01.03.02 -0600, you wrote:


>Is there a formal integer data type larger than longint?

You can use int64 which is a signed 64 Bit type or if you don't need
bit operations, use the comp type.

>Also, are there
>any potential problems involving representing large integers in the
>"extended" real format (like hidden processor rounding or whatever)?

The extended type leads to no rounding errors if the numbers
stay in the range of signed 64 bit mantissa.