[Python-Dev] x64 and the testsuite

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> If that is the case, I have two suggestions:
> a) Propagate the Windows idiom of sizeof(size_t) != sizeof(long) by keeping
> some sys.maxsize for list length, indices, etc.
> b) Elevate int to 64 bits on windows too!
> B is probably a huge change.  Not only change PyIntObject but probably create some Py_int and so on.
> Ok, b) is not a real suggestion, then.

Also, in Py3k, the int type will go away, along with this entire problem.

Regards,
Martin