integer overflow

[Michael Hudson]

Chad Haynes <haynesc at rockefeller.edu> writes:

> I got an odd error which I cannot explain and cannot seem to reproduce.
> The following statement
> 
> 	lst[0] = num
> 
> produced this error
> 
> 	OverflowError: unsigned short is greater than maximum
> 
> The number was around 65536 so it makes sense that it would overflow a
> short, but why is it trying to force it into a short integer?

Is lst an array.array('h') or something (numarray...)?

Cheers,
mwh

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