On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 12:18 AM David Mertz <me...@gnosis.cx> wrote: > > For similar reasons, I'd like an iInf too, FWIW. It's good for an overflow > value, although it's hard to get there in Python ints (would > 'NaNAwareInt(1)/0' be an exception or iInf?). Bonus points for anyone who > knows the actual maximum size of Python ints :-). >
Whatever the maximum is, it's insanely huge. I basically consider that a Python int is as large as your computer has memory to store. I can work with numbers so large that converting to string takes a notable amount of time (never mind about actually printing it to a console, just 'x = str(x)' pauses the interpreter for ages). If there's a limit, it'll probably be described as something like 2**2**2**N for some ridiculously large N. Want to share what the maximum actually is? I'm very curious! ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
