[Python-Dev] __long__ method still exists in Python 3.x

[Benjamin Peterson]

On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 12:40 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
>> I noticed that the builtin numeric types (int, float, complex) all still
>> have a __long__ method in 3.x.  Shouldn't this have disappeared as
>> part of the int/long unification?  Is there any reason not to remove this
>> (by setting the nb_long entry to 0 in all three cases)?
>
> There are, apparently, still callers of the nb_long slot, so I would be
> cautious.

We should remove all usage of it and rename it to nb_reserved.



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Regards,
Benjamin