[Python-3000] PyInt_ to PyLong_ rename

[Guido van Rossum]

On Dec 3, 2007 11:34 AM, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
> > Actually it's still somewhat interesting to be able to tell whether a
> > particular Python build uses 64-bit pointer or 32-bit pointers. (I
> > realize sys.maxint doesn't quite tell us this, but on Linux at least
> > it does.)
>
> Sure. However, you could also use _testcapi.PY_SSIZE_T_MAX, or
> ctypes.sizeof(ctypes.py_object).

Much less intuitive though.

> > I also suspecet that sys.maxint is used frequently for "some
> > large integer" used as an approximation of infinity in some context.
>
> Sure. However, 1<<1000 might do as well.

Fair enough. (or 2**64 :-)

> > IMO we should devise an API specifically for that. Or we should get
> > rid of it and force everyone to just call PyInt_AsLong and test for an
> > error return.
>
> I'd be in favor of the latter. I never meant the PyInt_CheckExact hack
> to persist into the release.

OK. What's needed?

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