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Asked: 2026-05-10T15:04:33+00:00

So the official XML-RPC standard doesn’t support 64-bit values. But in these modern times,

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So the official XML-RPC standard doesn’t support 64-bit values. But in these modern times, 64-bit values are increasingly common.

How do you handle these? What XML-RPC extensions are the most common? What language bindings are there? I’m especially interested in Python and C++, but all information is appreciated.

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  1. Some libraries support 64 bits extensions, indeed, but there doesn’t seem to be a standard. xmlrpc-c, for example, has a so called i8 but it doesn’t work with python (at least not by default).

    I would recommend to either:

    • Convert the integer to string by hand and send it as such. XMLRPC will convert it to string anyway, so I would say this is reasonable.
    • Break it in two 32 bits integers and send it as such.
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