Neal Becker wrote: > What's wrong with this? > type(struct.unpack('l','\00'*8)[0]) > <type 'int'> > > Why I am getting 'int' when I asked for 'long'? > > This is on python-2.5.1-15.fc8.x86_64 > On my AMD 64 I think int is 64 bits $ python -c "import sys; print sys.maxint" 9223372036854775807 -- Robin Becker