Is Python type safe?

[Erik Max Francis]

Carl Banks wrote:

> Here's my guess:
> 
> long i = 0;
> *(short*)&i = 1;
> 
> if (i == 1) { printf("It's whatever one Intel uses.\n"); }
> else { printf("It's the other one.\n"); }

You meant char, not short.

And none of the solutions so far acknowledge the fact that none of these
types have absolute sizes as defined in the Standard.  If I were
conducting the interview, I'd take points off if that weren't at least
acknowledged.

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