Serhiy Storchaka added the comment:

Victor, the danger of this approach is that we can't verify that a particular 
compiler with certain options on a specific platform compiles the source code 
with undefined behavior in a certain way. If such a test were possible, if this 
aspect was guaranteed by the compiler manufacturer, or could be checked in the 
./configure script, then such an approach would have some meaning.

Regardless of _PyLong_IS_SMALL_INT, the rest of patch looks a little cumbersome.

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