[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-444510 ] int() should guarantee truncation

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Bugs item #444510, was opened at 2001-07-25 09:03
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Category: Python Interpreter Core
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: int() should guarantee truncation

Initial Comment:
The int() function currently warns that it cannot
guarantee truncation because C doesn't guarantee it. 
However, all known (to us) C implementations *do*
truncate, and the C99 standard requires it, so we might
as well change the code to promise truncation and
tighten the docs.

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