[Python-Dev] [RELEASED] Python 2.7.5 (original) (raw)

Pierre Rouleau prouleau001 at gmail.com
Mon May 20 00:48:06 CEST 2013

Hi all,

I just installed Python 2.7.5 64-bit () on a Windows 7 64-bit OS computer. When I evaluate sys.maxint I don't get what I was expected. I get this:

Python 2.7.5 (default, May 15 2013, 22:44:16) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32 Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.

import sys sys.maxint 2147483647 import platform platform.machine() 'AMD64' import os os.environ['PROCESSORARCHITECTURE'] 'AMD64'

Should I not get a 64-bit integer maxint (9223372036854775807) for sys.maxint ?

Or is there something I am missing here?

Thanks!

/ Pierre Rouleau

On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 6:23 AM, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de>wrote:

Am 16.05.13 10:42, schrieb Ben Hoyt:

> FYI, I tried this just now with Python 2.7.4 running, and the > installer nicely tells you that "some files that need to be updated > are currently in use ... the following applications are using files, > please close them and click Retry ... python.exe (Process Id: 5388)". > > So you can't do it while python.exe is running, but at least it > notifies you and gives you the option to retry. Good work, whoever did > this installer. This specific feature is part of the MSI technology itself, so the honor goes to Microsoft in this case. They also have an advanced feature where the installer can tell the running application to terminate, and then restart after installation (since Vista, IIRC). Unfortunately, this doesn't apply to Python, as a "safe restart" is typically not feasible. FWIW, I'm the one who put together the Python installer. Regards, Martin

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