Value::numericValue() now returns a int64_t, and no longer a long

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/include/value.h b/include/value.h
index 9c48f1f..fce8750 100644
--- a/include/value.h
+++ b/include/value.h
@@ -381,9 +381,15 @@ public:
     
     /**
      *  Retrieve the value as number
-     *  @return long
-     */
-    long numericValue() const;
+     *
+     *  We force this to be a int64_t because we assume that most
+     *  servers run 64 bits nowadays, and because we use int32_t, int64_t
+     *  almost everywhere, instead of 'long' and on OSX neither of
+     *  these intxx_t types is defined as 'long'...
+     *
+     *  @return int64_t
+     */
+    int64_t numericValue() const;
     
     /**
      *  Retrieve the value as boolean