[Python-Dev] Drop support for ones' complement machines? (original) (raw)

Mark Dickinson dickinsm at gmail.com
Tue Dec 1 18:25:04 CET 2009


On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 5:22 PM, Mark Dickinson <dickinsm at gmail.com> wrote:

or a workaround.  E.g., for an unsigned long x,

((x) >= 0 ? (long)(x) : (long)(x)) always gives the appropriate wraparound semantics (I think), assuming

Sorry; should have tested. Try:

((x) <= LONG_MAX ? (long)(x) : (long)(x))

Mark



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