[Python-Dev] Int FutureWarnings and other 2.4 TODOs (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Wed Dec 3 09:17:21 EST 2003

Guido van Rossum wrote: > I don't particularly like either approach, because the 'long' type is > an implementation detail over which the user has no control (this is a > change of heart since Python's original design!). I guess that means > I have to work harder and make the single int type support both > representations. I'm sure it can be done.

Nick Coghlan:

Isn't the 'long' format the more general representation, with the 'int' format then being a performance hack to take advantage of the speed of C integer arithmetic?

I'm just wondering if a different way of thinking about it might help with figuring out how to handle a combined implementation.

I proposed that too, but Andrew Koenig didn't like it.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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