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Came here to say the same thing. In my encoding there are close to 2^64 standard numbers and a few values just below the top end reserved for encoding of hyper

• nivertech 9mo ago
  That's similar to how kdb+/q represent nulls and infinities This is certainly pragmatic, although it breaks the math q type size q literal forms underlying integer value (encoding) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- short (h) 16-bit 0Nh / -0Wh / 0Wh null = -32768; -inf = -32767; +inf = 32767 int (i) 32-bit 0Ni / -0Wi / 0Wi null = -2147483648; -inf = -2147483647; +inf = 2147483647 long (j) 64-bit 0N (or 0Nj) / -0W (or -0Wj) / 0W (or 0Wj) null = -9223372036854775808; -inf = -9223372036854775807; +inf = 9223372036854775807 -- https://code.kx.com/q/basics/datatypes/ https://code.kx.com/q/basics/datatypes/ https://code.kx.com/q/basics/datatypes/#infinities https://code.kx.com/q/basics/datatypes/#infinities