[Python-Dev] What letter should an UnsignedLongLong get

[Gil Colgate]

How about 'G'? (Giant, or perhaps gynormous, integer?)


Then I could also map 'g' to the signed version (same as L) for consistency.

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:49 AM, Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org>wrote:

> 2012/3/15 Gil Colgate <gcolgate at gmail.com>:
> > We use a lot of UnsignedLongLongs in our program (ids) and have been
> parsing
> > in PyArg_ParseTuple with 'K', which does not do error checking.
> > I am planning to add a new type to our local build of python for parsing
> > Unsigned Long Longs (64 bit numbers) that errrors if the number has more
> > than the correct number of bits.
> >
> > I am thinking to use the letter 'N' for this purpose, since l,k,K,U,u are
> > all taken.
>
> Unfortunately, the would conflict with Py_BuildValue's 'N'.
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Benjamin
>
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