[issue4591] 32-bits unsigned user/group identifier

[Stefan Krah]

Stefan Krah added the comment:

Serhiy Storchaka <report at bugs.python.org> wrote:
> > Not technically the topic of this issue, but should we just lock
> > down _Py_Uid_Converter() to ints?
> 
> I just copied this code from PyArg_ParseTuple*() for 'l' format.

> > os.setuid(Decimal("1000.2"))

I know that this behavior wasn't introduced by you. It's perfectly fine
to use PyArg_ParseTuple() for guidance or to try to preserve the existing
behavior.

> >>> chr(Decimal('65.2'))
> 'A'

I just happen to think that PyArg_ParseTuple() is wrong here and we shouldn't
enable this "feature" in new code. Fixing these issues one by one is probably
the best way forward.

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