[David Hopwood] > (CPython has probably only been tested on 2's complement systems anyway,
Definitely so. Are there any boxes using 1's-comp or sign-magnitude integers anymore? Python assumes 2's-comp in many places. > but if we're going to be pedantic about depending only on things in the > C standard...) No, in that respect we're driven by the silliest decisions made by C compiler writers ;-) _______________________________________________ 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
