[issue5576] Don't use PyLong_SHIFT with _PyLong_AsScaledDouble()

[Mark Dickinson]

Mark Dickinson <dickinsm at gmail.com> added the comment:

Thanks for this.  I'll take a look.

How about making the exponent type size_t or Py_ssize_t, rather than 
[unsigned] int?  It seems to me that that fits better with the usual size 
in digits.

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