Issue 2488: Backport sys.maxsize to Python 2.6 (original) (raw)
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| Title: | Backport sys.maxsize to Python 2.6 | ||
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| Type: | enhancement | Stage: | |
| Components: | Extension Modules | Versions: | Python 2.6 |
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| Status: | closed | Resolution: | accepted |
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| Dependencies: | Superseder: | ||
| Assigned To: | Nosy List: | akuchling, christian.heimes, georg.brandl, loewis, rhettinger, ryan.freckleton | |
| Priority: | high | Keywords: | 26backport, easy, patch |
Created on 2008-03-25 23:35 by christian.heimes, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.
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| File name | Uploaded | Description | Edit |
| patch.diff | ryan.freckleton,2008-03-26 00:03 | Patch of sys.maxsize including docstring and NEWS |
| Messages (7) | ||
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| msg64528 - (view) | Author: Christian Heimes (christian.heimes) *  |
Date: 2008-03-25 23:35 |
| See topic | ||
| msg64530 - (view) | Author: Ryan Freckleton (ryan.freckleton) | Date: 2008-03-26 00:03 |
| Here's a patch including docstring and NEWS update for this backport. | ||
| msg64544 - (view) | Author: Georg Brandl (georg.brandl) * |
Date: 2008-03-26 07:15 |
| What about #1570? | ||
| msg64545 - (view) | Author: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger) * |
Date: 2008-03-26 07:51 |
| FWIW, I don't see how backports like this add any value at all. The 2- to-3 tool handles renaming well, but a backport just creates a hodge- podge of aliases making the language harder to learn and harder to grep. | ||
| msg66549 - (view) | Author: A.M. Kuchling (akuchling) * |
Date: 2008-05-10 18:01 |
| djmitchell noticed this patch at the bug day -- should it be committed, or just closed? | ||
| msg66550 - (view) | Author: A.M. Kuchling (akuchling) * |
Date: 2008-05-10 18:05 |
| Oh, and I don't understand Raymond's comment: sys.maxsize isn't an alias for anything, but a new piece of information (the largest size of containers). Maybe that information isn't useful, or 2.6 doesn't always support containers up to that limit, but sys.maxsize doesn't seem to be merely a renaming of something. | ||
| msg67113 - (view) | Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) * |
Date: 2008-05-20 08:11 |
| Thanks for the patch. Committed (with modifications) as r63498. |
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| Date | User | Action | Args |
| 2022-04-11 14:56:32 | admin | set | github: 46740 |
| 2008-05-20 08:11:50 | loewis | set | status: open -> closednosy: + loewisresolution: acceptedmessages: + |
| 2008-05-10 18:05:22 | akuchling | set | messages: + |
| 2008-05-10 18:01:44 | akuchling | set | nosy: + akuchlingmessages: + |
| 2008-03-26 07:51:45 | rhettinger | set | nosy: + rhettingermessages: + |
| 2008-03-26 07:15:24 | georg.brandl | set | nosy: + georg.brandlmessages: + |
| 2008-03-26 00:03:51 | ryan.freckleton | set | files: + patch.diffkeywords: + patchmessages: + nosy: + ryan.freckleton |
| 2008-03-25 23:35:50 | christian.heimes | create |