[Pythonmac-SIG] 64-bit Python?

[Frank Schima]

On May 29, 2008, at 4:13 PM, Boyd Waters wrote:

>
> On May 29, 2008, at 2:53 PM, Frank Schima wrote:
>
>> I have the latest Mac Pro with 10.5.3. I ran the sys.maxint test  
>> and got the 32-bit result. I tried both the Apple python and the  
>> MacPorts python 2.5.2.
>
>
> The MacPorts 2.5.2 doesn't have my 64-bit hacks in it. I'm not sure  
> what the consequences of 64-bit Python will be with respect to other  
> Python packages, so I haven't committed the changes. And I ran into  
> a problem compiling this on Tiger with GNU (non-Apple-patched) GCC  
> 4.2.1.
>
> But it's really 64-bit Python here, I think:
>
> $ /usr/bin/python -c 'import sys; print sys.maxint'
> 2147483647
>
> $ /opt/casa/core2-apple-darwin9/3rd-party/bin/python -c 'import sys;  
> print sys.maxint'
> 9223372036854775807
>
>
> Here's the MacPorts port:
>
> <python25.tbz>


That's awesome. I, for one, will give it a try.


Thanks for sharing!
Frank Schima
Boulder, CO
schimaf at boulder.nist.gov