[Python-ideas] Exact integral types in struct

[Guido van Rossum]

Oh, but this is NOT a default! The default is system local. Agreed on
clarifying the docstring.

--Guido

On Thursday, March 22, 2012, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
>> On 21.03.2012 13:36, Serhiy Storchaka wrote:
>>> 21.03.12 12:14, Simon Sapin написав(ла):
>>>> I don’t see this problem when reading the documentation. The idea of
>>>> "standard" size is introduced in section 7.3.2.1:
>>>
>>> Again it is all because of my carelessness. I looked ``pydoc struct``,
>>> and not a library documentation.
>>
>> Well, if "pydoc struct" is not self-contained and mentions "standard
>> size" without defining it, that is still a bug.  At the very least it
>> would have to refer to the library docs for what the standard size is.
>
> The broader question of whether the docs might be better rephrased to
> say "default size" rather than "standard size" still stands, though
> (since 'default' is a more typical word for "we defined a value that
> is used automatically if you don't explicitly specify an alternative"
> than 'standard')
>
> Cheers,
> Nick.
>
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