> Now, how does CPython implement bignum? From what I gather, there is > more than way of doing it- using a different radix (base), an array > of numbers. One hint is given by > http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0237/. However, if any of you folks > know something concrete, I would appreciate it.
I have given a cursory glance to the Python code base and I think I know how it's implemented :) My findings are here - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/867393/how-do-languages-such-as-python-overcome-cs-integral-data-limits/870429#870429 I would appreciate a few up-votes if you deem my answer to be satisfying :-p Regards, BG -- Baishampayan Ghose b.ghose at gmail.com _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
