[Python-Dev] PEP 357 (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Fri Mar 3 18:56:09 CET 2006


I think PEP 357 and the corresponding patch (python.org/sf/1436368) ae looking pretty good, except for one issue:

Currently, when calling the index() method on a long with a value exceeding the boundaries of ssize_t will raise OverflowError. The C API chooses to clip such values, but the Python version thows an exception. I think the Python API ought to be allowed to return any long value and it's up to the C API to clip it.

Apart from that, I'm ready to accept the PEP. Other opinions?

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