Michael Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tim Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> [Michael Hudson] >>> Asking mostly for curiousity, how hard would it be to have longs store >>> their sign bit somewhere less aggravating? >> >> Depends on where that is.
[...] >> I'd much rather give struct _longobject a distinct sign member (say, 0 >> == zero, -1 = non-zero negative, 1 == non-zero positive). I ended up doing -1 non-zero negative, 1 zero and positive, but I don't know if this is really clearer than what you suggest overall. I suspect it's a wash. [...] > I might do a patch, at some point... http://python.org/sf/1177779 Assigned to you, but unassign if you don't have time (testing the patch is probably more worthwhile than reading it!). Cheers, mwh -- Linux: Horse. Like a wild horse, fun to ride. Also prone to throwing you and stamping you into the ground because it doesn't like your socks. -- Jim's pedigree of operating systems, asr _______________________________________________ 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
