Re: [vwrap] Python integer types (was: The <embed> tag... is the group still interested in LLSD or DSD?)

[Meadhbh Hamrick <[e-mail]>]

blarg. you're right. looks like python moved from using c int's for
python ints to using c longs back in 2.2.
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meadhbh hamrick * it's pronounced "maeve"
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On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 8:14 AM, Boroondas Gupte
<[e-mail]> wrote:
> On 05/07/2011 09:45 AM, Dahlia Trimble wrote:
>
> I believe python supports very large integers. Try this in your python
> interpreter:
>
>>>> bigint = 2**(2**16)
>>>> print bigint
>
> In fact, python features two built-in integer types:
>
> plain integers (int)
> long integers (long)
>
> According to the python documentation on built-in numeric types, python's
> int is implemented using long in C. This means it has at least 32 bits, but
> can be larger on certain systems. E.g. on a 64bit Linux, it'll be 64 bits
> long, as I've just verified myself:
>
>>>> import sys
>>>> 2 ** 63 - 1 == sys.maxint
> True
>
> Python's long is unlimited in size (at the cost of performance).
> Conveniently, python converts from int to long as needed, even if no longs
> are amongst the operands:
>
>>>> sys.maxint
> 9223372036854775807
>>>> sys.maxint + 1
> 9223372036854775808L
>
> (The L postfix indicates a long literal.) Conversion from long to int
> doesn't happen implicitly, but can be done explicitly if wanted.
>
> Cheers,
> Boroondas
>
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