{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/lampepfl/dotty/issues/356","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/lampepfl/dotty/issues/356/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/lampepfl/dotty/issues/356/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/lampepfl/dotty/issues/356/events","html_url":"https://github.com/lampepfl/dotty/issues/356","id":57201340,"number":356,"title":"Out of bits for phases in Periods","user":{"login":"DarkDimius","id":1084930,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1084930?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/DarkDimius","html_url":"https://github.com/DarkDimius","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/DarkDimius/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/DarkDimius/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/DarkDimius/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/DarkDimius/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/DarkDimius/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/DarkDimius/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/DarkDimius/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/DarkDimius/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/DarkDimius/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-02-10T16:49:52Z","updated_at":"2015-02-10T16:49:52Z","closed_at":null,"body":"We have 30 phases + 1 commented out in Dotty\r\nhttps://github.com/lampepfl/dotty/blob/master/src/dotty/tools/dotc/Compiler.scala\r\nAnd we have 5 bits for phase in period. We are out of bits.\r\nWe have such possibilities:\r\n - take bits from 21-ones reserved for runId\r\n - start merging phases\r\n - use Longs for Peiods.\r\n\r\nI'd go with the last.\r\n@odersky WDYT? If you agree on Longs I'd implement."}}