[Python-3000] Should len() clip to sys.maxsize or raiseOverflowError?

[Jesus Cea]

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Guido van Rossum wrote:
> That said, I would actually be okay with the status quo (which does
> raise an OverflowError) as long as we commit to fixing this properly
> in 2.7 / 3.1, by removing the range restriction (like we've done for
> other int operations a long time ago).

+1

Some of my python time is spend managing a huge python persistent
repository of almost two hundred terabytes. I have more than 2^32
objects just now. In fact, a bit more than 2^35. Growing about 25-30%
per year. Disk capacity raises about 40% per year, so the hardware
growing is under control :)... barely.

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