[issue4294] Macros for PyLong: sign, number of digits, fits in an int

[Mark Dickinson]

Mark Dickinson <dickinsm at gmail.com> added the comment:

Closing this.  I like the PyLong_IS_NEGATIVE and PyLong_IS_ZERO macros, but I can't find anywhere outside longobject.c where they'd actually be useful (with the possible exception of marshal.c, but that currently depends on knowing lots about the long implementation anyway).  And I don't really see much benefit from doing a mass replacement of uses of 'Py_SIZE(a) < 0', etc. in Objects/longobject.c;  I think it's the code is readable enough as it stands.

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resolution:  -> rejected
status: open -> pending

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