Remember that Python int values are of arbitrary size. How does that work? Well, in CPython,1 an int is represented by a PyLong_Object, which has an array of 4-byte chunks2, each holding 30 bits3 worth of the number. 0 takes no chunks at all. 1 – (1<<30)-1 takes 1 chunk. 1<<30 – (1<<60)-1 takes 2 … Read more
I once worked with a very large (Terabyte+) MySQL database. The largest table we had was literally over a billion rows. It worked. MySQL processed the data correctly most of the time. It was extremely unwieldy though. Just backing up and storing the data was a challenge. It would take days to restore the table … Read more
I found this page here explaining how scaling works with XSL-FO. Essentially, this is the snippet that I used to make it work: <fo:external-graphic src=”https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6220316/url(“https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6220316/…”)” width=”100%” content-height=”100%” content-width=”scale-to-fit” scaling=”uniform” xsl:use-attribute-sets=”img”/> I found that width=”100%” was the missing piece in your own attempts. Hope this helps future visitors.
It depends on the database. MySQL has an extension where INT(N) means an INT with a display width of 4 decimal digits. This information is maintained in the metadata. The INT itself is still 4 bytes, and values 10000 and greater can be stored (and probably displayed, but this depends how the application uses the … Read more
You have two problems. Let’s tackle them one at a time 1: the difference between python 2.5 and 2.6 on the same platform with the same font These two versions of python use different versions of tk. On my mac box, 2.5 uses tk version 8.4.19 and 2.6 uses 8.5.7. In version 8.5.2 of tk … Read more
They are identical. Use width: 0, because it is shorter and more readable. Especially when you have, for example: padding: 0px 0px 9px 8px vs padding: 0 0 9px 8px See the specs: The format of a length value (denoted by <length> in this specification) is a <number> (with or without a decimal point) immediately … Read more
The number of possible doubles, and the number of possible longs is the same, they are just distributed differently*. The longs are uniformly distributed, while the floats are not. You can Read more here. I’d write more, but for some reason the cursor is jumping around all over the place on my phone. Edit: This … Read more
This prints the size of the console, not the buffer: #include <windows.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO csbi; int columns, rows; GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), &csbi); columns = csbi.srWindow.Right – csbi.srWindow.Left + 1; rows = csbi.srWindow.Bottom – csbi.srWindow.Top + 1; printf(“columns: %d\n”, columns); printf(“rows: %d\n”, rows); return 0; } This code works because srWindow “contains the … Read more
Rust emits i1 to LLVM for bool and relies on whatever it produces. LLVM uses i8 (one byte) to represent i1 in memory for all the platforms supported by Rust for now. On the other hand, there’s no certainty about the future, since the Rust developers have been refusing to commit to the particular bool … Read more