<span class="gI"></span>Thanks, Jeff, that sheds proper light on the subject. I now have it through my head what "maxsize" means. I was hoping for a single test which would detect 64-bit-ed-ness in both Iron and C Python, but it was not to be. Looks like I'll have to detect platform first before testing for word size. But I am going to blindly assume that any Python which does not define sys.maxsize is 32 bit -- I think that will be safe enough.<br>
<br>By the way -- to help thick headed persons like me who might occasionally slip and use the old <span class="gI"><<a href="mailto:users@lists.ironpython.com">users@lists.ironpython.com</a>></span><br> address, it would be nice if the "you screwed up" message which is automatically sent to the sender... were changed to a "you screwed up but I am fixing it for you" message. That way no one else will post the same message twice when he tries to fix his own mistake.<br>
--<br>Vernon<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 1:32 PM, Jeff Hardy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jdhardy@gmail.com">jdhardy@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
It's actually correct. Arrays in .NET 64-bit are still limited to<br>
<a href="tel:2147483647" value="+12147483647">2147483647</a> elements[1], so the value is accurate.<br>
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- Jeff<br>
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[1] <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2338778/what-is-the-maximum-length-of-an-array-in-net-on-64-bit-windows" target="_blank">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2338778/what-is-the-maximum-length-of-an-array-in-net-on-64-bit-windows</a><br>
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On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Vernon Cole <<a href="mailto:vernondcole@gmail.com">vernondcole@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Should this be fixed in a future version?<br>
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