Re: [Python-Dev] [RELEASED] Python 2.7.5

2013-05-19 Thread Pierre Rouleau
information. import sys sys.maxint 2147483647 import platform platform.machine() 'AMD64' import os os.environ['PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE'] 'AMD64' Should I not get a 64-bit integer maxint (9223372036854775807) for sys.maxint ? Or is there something I am missing here? Thanks! / Pierre Rouleau

Re: [Python-Dev] [RELEASED] Python 2.7.5

2013-05-19 Thread Pierre Rouleau
Unix-type platform. Regards, On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 6:56 PM, Benjamin Peterson benja...@python.orgwrote: 2013/5/19 Pierre Rouleau prouleau...@gmail.com: Hi all, I just installed Python 2.7.5 64-bit () on a Windows 7 64-bit OS computer. When I evaluate sys.maxint I don't get what I

Re: [Python-Dev] [RELEASED] Python 2.7.5

2013-05-19 Thread Pierre Rouleau
On that topic of bitness for 64-bit platforms, would it not be better for CPython to be written such that it uses the same 64-bit strategy on all 64-bit platforms, regardless of the OS? As it is now, Python running on 64-bit Windows behaves differently (in terms of bits for the Python's integer)

Re: [Python-Dev] [RELEASED] Python 2.7.5

2013-05-19 Thread Pierre Rouleau
On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 7:41 PM, Antoine Pitrou solip...@pitrou.net wrote: On Sun, 19 May 2013 19:37:46 -0400 Pierre Rouleau prouleau...@gmail.com wrote: On that topic of bitness for 64-bit platforms, would it not be better for CPython to be written such that it uses the same 64-bit