[Python-Dev] Optimize Python long integers (original) (raw)

Steve Holden steve at holdenweb.com
Wed Nov 12 03:07:41 CET 2008

Victor Stinner wrote:

Le Wednesday 12 November 2008 00:14:40, vous avez écrit :

There are some very interesting propositions (with patches!) to optimize Python int and long types (especially the long integers). Just trying to clarify the focus: would you like to see any of these applied to 2.6? All optimisations patches are long and may introduce new regressions. It's better to wait for 2.7/3.1. But it would be nice to get numbits() method (or property?) in Python 3.0(.1) and/or Python 2.6.1. But that would be new functionality in a micro-release, which is verboten.

regards Steve

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