Hi I have found myself in the following troubling situation. I'm running the following code on a Python 2.6.5 on Linux x86: Python 2.6.5 (r265:79063, Apr 16 2010, 13:09:56) [GCC 4.4.3] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
import struct len(struct.pack('L',0)) 4
Works as expected and documented (http://docs.python.org/library/struct.html ). I'm running the same code on a MacPro (OS X 10.7.3) and I'm getting the following: Python 2.7.1 (r271:86832, Jun 16 2011, 16:59:05) [GCC 4.2.1 (Based on Apple Inc. build 5658) (LLVM build 2335.15.00)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
import struct len(struct.pack('L',0)) 8
Documentation clearly states that the 'L' is a 4 byte integer. Is this a bug? I'm I missing something? Thanks PMon