[Python-Dev] Returning int instead of long from struct when possible for performance

[Thomas Wouters]

On 5/26/06, Tim Peters <tim.peters at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> [Bob Ippolito]
> > Given the interchangeability of int and
> > long, I don't foresee any other complications with this change.
> >
> > Thoughts?
>
> +1, and for 2.5.  Even int() doesn't always return an int anymore, and
> it's just stupid to bear the burden of an unbounded long when it's not
> really needed.


Completely agreed. We've been unifying longs and integers for whole
releases, I cannot imagine anyone not getting the hint. Ints and longs are
the same thing, deal with it. Whether you get an int or a long for a
particular value is a platform-dependant accident anyway (people seem to be
ignoring 64-bit hardware all the time... I know Tim does :)

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