[issue3439] create a numbits() method for int and long types
STINNER Victor
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Tue Nov 4 19:16:00 CET 2008
STINNER Victor <victor.stinner at haypocalc.com> added the comment:
> It would be nicer if the OverflowError from _PyLong_NumBits
> were propagated, so that the second case raises OverflowError
> instead of giving an incorrect result
Why not, but I prefer your second proposition: return a long integer.
Attached patch implements this solution.
>>> x=1<<(2**31-1)
>>> n=x.numbits(); n, n.numbits()
(2147483648L, 32L)
>>> x<<=(2**31-1)
>>> n=x.numbits(); n, n.numbits()
(4294967295L, 32L)
>>> x<<=1
>>> n=x.numbits(); n, n.numbits()
(4294967296L, 33L) # yeah!
With my patch, there are two functions:
- _PyLong_NumBits(long)->size_t: may overflow
- long_numbits(long)->long: don't raise overflow error, but may raise
other errors like memory error
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file11939/numbits-2.diff
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