[Python-Dev] Arguments and PyInt_AsLong

[Guido van Rossum]

file.seek etc. should be changed to use PyNumber_AsIndex or whatever
it's called.

On 5/31/06, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
> Looking at #1153226, I found this:
>
> We introduced emitting a DeprecationWarning for PyArg_ParseTuple
> integer arguments if a float was given. This doesn't affect functions
> like file.seek which use PyInt_AsLong to parse their argument.
> PyInt_AsLong calls the nb_int slot which silently converts floats
> to ints.
>
> Is that acceptable, should PyInt_AsLong not accept other numbers
> or should the functions be changed?
>
> Georg
>
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