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

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Thu Dec 4 15:35:17 EST 2003

Or, since we're talking implementation, we could use the following hack, which I borrowed from Standard ML of New Jersey: [...]

This is a well-known scheme. We used it in ABC 20 years ago. My experience with it was negative though: there were too many core dumps because some code was dereferencing a pointer without checking the low bit.

So I'd rather not try this. I also somehow doubt that the speed gains are that significant.

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

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