[Python-Dev] Cannot declare the largest integer literal. (original) (raw)

Mark Hammond mhammond@skippinet.com.au
Wed, 3 May 2000 09:12:18 +1000

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>>> i = -2147483648 OverflowError: integer literal too large >>> i = -2147483648L >>> int(i) # it is a valid integer literal -2147483648

I struck this years ago! At the time, the answer was "yes, its an implementation flaw thats not worth fixing".

Interestingly, it does work as a hex literal:

0x80000000 -2147483648 -2147483648 Traceback (OverflowError: integer literal too large

Mark.

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