[Python-Dev] Common subset of python 2 and python 3

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 16:31:17 +0200
Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka at gmail.com> wrote:
> 15.01.14 14:22, "Martin v. Löwis" написав(ла):
> > I don't think that it is possible to write an interpreter that is fully
> > compatible for all it accepts. Would you think that the program
> >
> > print(repr(2**80).endswith("L"))
> >
> > is in the subset that should be supported by both Python 2 and Python 3?
> >
> > Notice that it prints "True" in Python 2 and "False" in Python 3.
> 
> This is implementation details. On 128-bit platform special build of 
> Python 2 can print False.

If you explicitly create a long the L will always be printed:

>>> long(0)
0L

Regards

Antoine.