On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 1:04 PM, Jon Paris wrote:
>
> import sys
> x = sys.maxsize
> print ("Max size is: ", x)
> y = (x + 1)
> print ("y is", type(y), "with a value of", y)
>
> Produces this result:
>
> Max size is: 9223372036854775807
> y is with a value of 9223372036854775808
>
> I was expect
On 21/08/15 19:04, Jon Paris wrote:
Max size is: 9223372036854775807
y is with a value of 9223372036854775808
I was expecting it to error out
The documentation says:
---
sys.maxsize
An integer giving the maximum value a variable of type
Py_ssize_t can take. It’s usually
In a message of Fri, 21 Aug 2015 14:04:18 -0400, Jon Paris writes:
>This code:
>
>import sys
>x = sys.maxsize
>print ("Max size is: ", x)
>y = (x + 1)
>print ("y is", type(y), "with a value of", y)
>
>Produces this result:
>
>Max size is: 9223372036854775807
>y is with a value of 9223372036854775
This code:
import sys
x = sys.maxsize
print ("Max size is: ", x)
y = (x + 1)
print ("y is", type(y), "with a value of", y)
Produces this result:
Max size is: 9223372036854775807
y is with a value of 9223372036854775808
I was expecting it to error out but instead it produces a value greeter th
