On Sun, Aug 8, 2021 at 9:54 AM Serhiy Storchaka <storch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1. Support conversion to/from all C integer types (char, short, int, > long, long long, intN_t, intptr_t, intmax_t, wchar_t, wint_t and > corresponding unsigned types), I suggest support for the "new" C sized types available in <stdint.h> Why anyone would want to use `long` that could be 32 or 64 bit depending on platform/compiler compiler, rather than `int32_t` or `int_64_t` is still confusing to me. granted, I only write a small amount of C extension code, but I always used the sized types, as otherwise I have no idea what might happen on different platforms. But in any case, thanks for doing this, it's a great idea. -CHB -- Christopher Barker, PhD (Chris) Python Language Consulting - Teaching - Scientific Software Development - Desktop GUI and Web Development - wxPython, numpy, scipy, Cython
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