In XDR, introduce a new type 'string_big_int'.

This is just code motion.

diff --git a/lib/whenproto.x b/lib/whenproto.x
index 2ca662f..603cf91 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/whenproto.x
+++ b/lib/whenproto.x
@@ -21,12 +21,14 @@
  * socket '$HOME/.whenjobs/socket'.  The wire protocol is SunRPC.
  */
 
-/* Maximum length of a variable name and string value. */
+/* Maximum lengths and some useful typedefs. */
 const MAX_VARIABLE_NAME_LENGTH = 256;
 const MAX_VARIABLE_VALUE_LENGTH = 65536;
+const MAX_BIG_INT_LENGTH = 64; /* when encoded as a string */
 
 typedef string variable_name<MAX_VARIABLE_NAME_LENGTH>;
 typedef string string_value<MAX_VARIABLE_VALUE_LENGTH>;
+typedef string string_big_int<MAX_BIG_INT_LENGTH>;
 
 typedef variable_name variable_name_list<>;
 
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ union variable switch (variable_type t) {
  case STRING_T:
    string_value s;
  case INT_T:
-   string i<64>;             /* OCaml [big_int], as a string. */
+   string_big_int i;            /* OCaml [big_int], as a string. */
  case FLOAT_T:
    double f;                 /* C 'double' maps to an OCaml 'float' */
 };