[Tim] > I hope Python2 obliterates the user-visible distinction between > ints and longs, [Hrvoje Niksic]> > Are there plans for doing that? It would be really nice if > sys.maxint+1 produced a long. Nothing is known about Python2, except that it will be great <wink>. less-like-python-and-more-like-python-ly y'rs - tim