[Python-Dev] negative PyLong integer -> unsigned integer, TypeError or OverflowError?

[Lisandro Dalcin]

Done, http://bugs.python.org/issue5175



On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Mark Dickinson <dickinsm at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Lisandro Dalcin <dalcinl at gmail.com> wrote:
>> At Objects/longobject.c, you should see that in almost all cases
>> OverflowError is raised when a unsigned integral is requested from a
>> negative PyLong. However, See this one:
>> [...]
>>               if (!is_signed) {
>>                       PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
>>                               "can't convert negative long to unsigned");
>>                       return -1;
>>               }
>
> I agree that TypeError seems wrong here.
>
> Please could you file a bug report at bugs.python.org?
>
> Mark
>



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