[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r41972 - python/branches/ssize_t/Objects/funcobject.c

[Michael Hudson]

"Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> writes:

> Well, you know that LOAD_CONST only supports 2**31 constants, so
> truncation to int is currently safe (I hope that the compiler detects
> cases where somebody tries to create more than 2**16 constants).

Easy enough to check:

   >>> eval(repr(range(100000)))

(It works).

Cheers,
mwh

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