> > Otherwise, unless I misunderstand integer unification, one would > > just have to strike the distinction between, say, %d and %u. > > Couldn't that be done anyway? The distinction really only > makes sense in C, where there's no way of knowing whether > the value is signed or unsigned otherwise. In Python the > value itself knows whether it's signed or not.
The time machine is at your service: in Python 2.4 there's no difference. That's integer unification for you! -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
