[Python-3000] Should len() clip to sys.maxsize or raiseOverflowError?

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Wed Sep 3 03:54:13 CEST 2008


Nick Coghlan wrote:

> - we're just going to have to add a second C level method slot that uses
> the unaryfunc signature (returning PyObject *) for a "virtual length"
> method in addition to the existing mp_length and sq_length (which return
> PySsize_t).

As an aside, is there any plan to clean up the duplication
between the mp_ and sq_ method slots?

-- 
Greg


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