[Python-Dev] Octal literals
"Martin v. Löwis"
martin at v.loewis.de
Fri Feb 3 19:56:20 CET 2006
Bengt Richter wrote:
> If you are looking at them in C code receiving them as args in a call,
> "treat them the same" would have to mean provide code to coerce long->int
> or reject it with an exception, IWT.
The typical way of processing incoming ints in C is through
PyArg_ParseTuple, which already has the code to coerce long->int
(which in turn may raise an exception for a range violation).
So for typical C code, 0x80000004 is a perfect bit mask in Python 2.4.
> It's not a matter of "buggy" if you are trying to optimize.
> (I am aware of premature optimization issues, and IMO "strange"
> is in the eye of the beholder. What syntax would you suggest?
The question is: what is the problem you are trying to solve?
If it is "bit masks", then consider the problem solved already.
>>Same goes for code that says it takes a 32-bit bitfield argument but
>>won't accept 0x80000000.
>
> If the bitfield is signed, it can't, unless you are glossing over
> an assumed coercion rule.
Just have a look at the 'k' specifier in PyArg_ParseTuple.
Regards,
Martin
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