proposed language change to int/int==float (was: PEP0238 lament)

[Guido van Rossum]

Robin Becker <robin at jessikat.fsnet.co.uk> writes:

> well I have at least one extension that requires 32 bit unsigned as
> inputs. Under existing python I can manipulate myself around bit 31
> problems with ease (using negative numbers or hex). It seems it
> will/might be a bit more complicated if this pep goes through. I'm sure
> there are others who have explicit int size requirements. Effectively
> removing ints takes away ease of external communication in at least some
> cases.

This is easily solved by taking the result modulo 2**32.  Python
extensions with unsigned 32-bit inputs or outputs generally Python
longs.

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