>> lens are forced to be <= Py_ssize_t because that's the limit put on >> sequence sizes. > > But this should be a secuence issue... or not? Why I'm limiting the > general len()/__len__ infrastructure?
Because a C type is used to represent it, not a Python object. Any C type (whichever you chose) will have a length restriction. More specifically, it's because of this definition from object.h: typedef Py_ssize_t (*lenfunc)(PyObject *); ... lenfunc sq_length; If you were asking whether it is good as it is: yes, practicality beats purity. Being pure here has no real value. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
