On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 8:07 AM, Hagen Fürstenau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While __len__() is allowed to return a value of any size, issues 2723 > and 3729 need a decision on what len() should do if the value doesn't > fit in a Py_ssize_t. > > In a previous thread > (http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2008-May/013387.html) > Guido wanted len() to "lie" and return sys.maxsize in this case, but > several people have voiced strong discomfort with that. Any comments > or pronouncements?
I stand by my view. I might voice strong discomfort with raising an exception because it doesn't fit in some implementation detail. -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ 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
