I would like to see the following:
- sq_length should return maxsize if the actual value doesn't fit
- if __len__ is implemented in Python, it may return a value >
maxsize, but calling len() will call sq_length, and the sq_length
wrapper that calls __len__ must truncate the value to maxsize
- if a user wants to get the untruncated length of something that
implements __len__ in Python and could return a value > maxsize, they
should call the __len__ method directly (not a very common use case)
--Guido
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 12:14 PM, Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk
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> Dnia 29-04-2008, wto o godzinie 19:36 -0700, Guido van Rossum pisze:
>
>
> > Let's also fix __len__() so that it returns sys.{maxint,maxsize} when
> > the result doesn't fit in a Py_ssize_t.
>
> Is this official? What should sq_length do when the real size doesn't
> fit in a Py_ssize_t? It should be documented. Either return maxsize or
> fail, with OverflowError probably.
>
> I admit that the only case I have in mind is some virtual sequence
> analogous to range (wrapped from my language in a Python object).
>
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