On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 7:18 PM, Victor Stinner <victor.stin...@gmail.com> wrote: > It seems like the EXTENDED_ARG doc wasn't updated.
I've opened <https://bugs.python.org/issue32625> to update the dis module documentation. I have also found a patch (mkfu4.patch) attached to issue 27095 where EXTENDED_ARG is described as .. opcode:: EXTENDED_ARG (ext) EXTENDED_ARG adds ``*ext* * 256`` to the next instruction's argument. This is used for arguments exceeding a byte in size, and can be chained to create 4-byte arguments. I am not sure this is correct. First, multiple EXTENDED_ARG codes seem to add ext * 256 ** i or bit-append ext to arg. Second, it looks like this mechanism allows forming arguments of arbitrary bit length, not just 4-byte arguments. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
