[Python-Dev] Unifying Long Integers and Integers: baseint

[Michael Hudson]

Dmitry Vasiliev <lists at hlabs.spb.ru> writes:

> Is there a plan for implementing a base class for int and long (like
> basestring for str and unicode):
>
>  >>> issubclass(int, baseint) and issubclass(long, baseint)
> True

Not that I'm aware of.  Personally, I think it's slightly more likely
that we'll have:

>>> int is long
True

but this is a long way off, and could cause upset with people who need
to do bit bashing or interface with C.

Of course,

>>> baseint = (int, long)

makes what you type accurate today :-)

Cheers,
mwh

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