Author: Paul
Date: 08:46:52 05/02/01
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On May 02, 2001 at 11:42:22, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On May 02, 2001 at 11:37:02, Paul wrote: > >>I also use nodecounts after reading about it on CCC. But what type do you use >>for the counter, an unsigned int? That will overflow after a search of a couple >>of hours on these 1M node/s machines we have nowadays, wouldn't it? Or am I >>missing something (like a shift right)? > >Shifting right sounds like a good idea, but it won't help if your >nodecounter itself also overflows of course. > >I had a similar problem when moving from a Cyrix120 to an Athlon 1000... >mynodecounts started getting higher than my 'infinite' value. > >-- >GCP Right ... not surprisingly, I've had exactly the same problem! :) So what did you do to solve this? Use a double or a 64 bit int? Paul
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