tuple(int, int) --> FixedPoint; is there a better way?

[Greg Ewing]

>>>>>>Henrik.Weber at sys.aok.de (Henrik Weber) (HW) writes:
> 
> HW>             self.n = value[0] * 2**32 + long("%u" % value[1])
> 
> if value[1] < 0 then add 2**32 to it.


Also, shifting left 32 bits is probably faster
than multiplying by 2**32.

So how about:

   def funny_tuple_to_long((hi, lo)):
     if lo < 0:
       hi += 1
     return (hi << 32L) + lo

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Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept,
University of Canterbury,	
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