[Python-Dev] Unary minus bug
Guido van Rossum
guido at python.org
Sun Jul 9 23:20:07 CEST 2006
I think it ought to be an int, like before.
--Guido
On 7/9/06, Neil Schemenauer <nas at arctrix.com> wrote:
> The bug was reported by Armin in SF #1333982:
>
> the literal -2147483648 (i.e. the value of -sys.maxint-1) gives
> a long in 2.5, but an int in <= 2.4.
>
> I have a fix but I wonder if it's the right thing to do. I suppose
> returning a long has the chance of breaking someone code. Here's
> the test we currently have for a related case:
>
> [...]
> # 32-bit machine
> all_one_bits = '0xffffffff'
> self.assertEqual(eval(all_one_bits), 4294967295L)
> self.assertEqual(eval("-" + all_one_bits), -4294967295L)
>
> I guess I would add self.assertTrue(isinstance(eval("-2147483648"), int))
> to that set of tests.
>
> Neil
>
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