[issue23488] Random objects twice as big as necessary on 64-bit builds

[Antoine Pitrou]

Antoine Pitrou added the comment:

Yes, I noticed this when reimplementing the random module in Numba.
*Theoretically*, I think you need "long" to ensure ints are at least 32 bits. But in practice, I think CPython already needs 32-bit C ints.

(note Numpy also uses C longs internally)

> Would it be possible to benchmark this change, to ensure that it doesn't kill performances?

There is no way it can kill performance.

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nosy: +mark.dickinson, pitrou

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