[Tutor] Can you get python to force a number to remain 32 bit instead of autoconverting to type 'long'?

[Kent Johnson]

R. Alan Monroe wrote:
> I tried to convert this pseudocode
> 
> function IntNoise(32-bit integer: x)
>     x = (x<<13) ^ x;
>     return ( 1.0 - ( (x * (x * x * 15731 + 789221) + 1376312589) & 7fffffff) / 1073741824.0);    
> end IntNoise function
> 
> from this website
> http://freespace.virgin.net/hugo.elias/models/m_perlin.htm
> 
> to python. But it seems to rely on wraparound within the 32 bit int.
> Can you duplicate this behavior in python?

If you haven't figured this out I suggest you ask on comp.lang.python.

Kent