Confusion about numbers

[Terry Reedy]

"Tim Roberts" <timr at probo.com> wrote in message
news:jr2q1vspelp0ddbi665rsodokmk4fvsbal at 4ax.com...
> I thought the special status of "long" numbers had gone by the
wayside, so
> that all integers were the same, but clearly I was mistaken:

The unification will not be complete until 2.4 or 2.5.  Changes that
break code will only be introduced after at least one release that
emits warning.

TJR