[Python-Dev] Mini-Pep: Simplifying the Integral ABC

[Fredrik Johansson]

On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 8:15 AM, Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com> wrote:
> Discussion
> ----------
> The only known use cases for variants of int are types that limit the range
> of
> values to those that fit in a fixed storage width.

Add:
* Faster big integers (gmpy)
* Integers with exact division to rationals (e.g. sympy)

Fredrik