Mark Dickinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: I get the same behavior in the trunk (on OS X 10.5), though it's not a problem in the py3k branch.
I agree that this is undesirable behaviour, and I think it should be fixed. For me, the crossover seems to occur at 2*10**10: >>> 020000000000.0 ValueError: invalid literal for long() with base 8: '020000000000.0' >>> 019999999999.0 19999999999.0 ---------- assignee: -> marketdickinson nosy: +marketdickinson priority: -> high type: -> behavior versions: +Python 2.6 _______________________________________ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue3360> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com