File size error in os.stat with large files.

[François Pinard]

[John Hunter]

> >>> fd = open('somefile.dat', 'rw')
> >>> fd.tell()
> 0L

> If it returns '0', LFS is not enabled.  if it returns '0L', LFS is enabled.

Clever.  Yet it seems that, in the long run, Python evoluation plan is to
abolish user-visible distinction between usual integers and long integers.
So I wonder if, despite the trick above might work for some while, it is
really safe relying on it for programs meant to live a looong life :-).

I do not know, but am wondering.

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François Pinard   http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard