[Python-3000] range() issues

[Marcin ‘Qrczak’ Kowalczyk]

Dnia 29-04-2008, wto o godzinie 19:36 -0700, Guido van Rossum pisze:

> Let's also fix __len__() so that it returns sys.{maxint,maxsize} when
> the result doesn't fit in a Py_ssize_t.

Is this official? What should sq_length do when the real size doesn't
fit in a Py_ssize_t? It should be documented. Either return maxsize or
fail, with OverflowError probably.

I admit that the only case I have in mind is some virtual sequence
analogous to range (wrapped from my language in a Python object).

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