[Tutor] big numbers

[Ewald Ertl]

Hi!

As far as I can remember, there was a change between some version's of python of 2.x.
Now there is an automatic conversion from int to long, when it is necessary. 

Regards, Ewald

on Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:06:06 +0800  Robert Storey <y2kbug at ms25.hinet.net> wrote :
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Robert Storey > Dear all,
Robert Storey > 
Robert Storey > I'm new to Python, and using Sam's Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours.
Robert Storey > The book introduces big numbers, saying that I should expect the
Robert Storey > following problem:
Robert Storey > 
Robert Storey > >>> 1 + 999999999999999999
Robert Storey > OverflowError: integer literal too large
Robert Storey > 
Robert Storey > The "problem" is that this doesn't happen. When I execute this command,
Robert Storey > Python seems to automatically convert the result into a big number:
Robert Storey > 
Robert Storey > >>> 1 + 999999999999999999
Robert Storey > 1000000000000000000L
Robert Storey > 
Robert Storey > This book is a few years old and was written for Python version 1.5, and
Robert Storey > of course I'm using version 2.3, so I'm just wondering if this whole
Robert Storey > issue of big numbers is now being handled automatically?
Robert Storey > 
Robert Storey > This is my first post - sorry to be asking such a basic question.
Robert Storey > 
Robert Storey > TIA,
Robert Storey > Robert
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