En Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:02:34 -0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió:
> On Jan 21, 5:36 pm, Gary Herron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > How can I figure out the largest long available? I was hoping for >> >> There is no explicit (defined) limit. The amount of available address >> space forms a practical limit. > > But not the only limitation: > [...] > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<pyshell#12>", line 2, in <module> > a = cf.Type12MH(k,1) > File "C:\Program Files\PyGTK\Python\lib\collatz_functions.py", line > 745, in Type12MH > return TWO**(SIX*a - ONE) - ONE > ValueError: mpz.pow outrageous exponent > > The power function can't do exponents that have 32 or more bits > even if the memory can hold the resulting number. Isn't it a limitation of the gmpy library, not of the builtin long type? -- Gabriel Genellina -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
