Performance of int/long in Python 3

[Ethan Furman]

On 04/03/2013 09:10 AM, rusi wrote:
> On Apr 3, 6:43 pm, Roy Smith <r... at panix.com> wrote:
>> This has to inspect the entire string, no?  I posted (essentially) this
>> a few days ago:
>>
>>         if all(ord(c) <= 0xffff for c in s):
>>              return "it's all bmp"
>>          else:
>>              return "it's got astral crap in it"
>
> Astral crap? CRAP?
> Verily sir I am offended!
>
> You dont play with Mahjong characters? How crude!
> You dont know about cuneiform? How illiterate!
> You dont compose poetry with Egyptian hieroglyphs? How rude!
> Shavian has not reformed you? How backward!
>
> In short you are a complete philistine
> No… On second thoughts I take that back. For all we know philistine
> may be one of the blessings of the Unicode gods?
> So following the ilustrious example of jmf, I shall pronounce upon you
> the ultimate curse:
>
> You are American!

LOL!