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**************************************************************** Personal firewall software may warn about the connection IDLE makes to its subprocess using this computer's internal loopback interface. This connection is not visible on any external interface and no data is sent to or received from the Internet. **************************************************************** IDLE 1.1.2 >>> import sys >>> save_maxint = sys.maxint >>> save_maxint 2147483647 >>> save_maxint += 1 >>> save_maxint 2147483648L >>> save_maxint - 1 2147483647L >>> save_maxint + 1 2147483649L >>> save_maxint - 1 2147483647L >>> save_maxint + 1 2147483649L >>> save_maxint - 1 2147483647L >>> save_maxint + 1 2147483649L from the above you can see what int to long promotion is causing i dont need to say much please see for yourself. is this a bug or a feature. please mail me if you can help [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list