[Zope-Coders] int() returns long in Py2.3.2?

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

Chris McDonough writes:
 > I'm not sure if this is a bug or a feature in Python 2.3.2, but code
 > that calls int() with an argument that is a number > sys.maxint no
 > longer throws an OverflowError as it did in 2.1, 2.2, et. al.

This is not a bug.  Think "integer", not "N-bits", and it makes sense
that they're all one big happy family.


  -Fred

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Fred L. Drake, Jr.  <fred at zope.com>
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