Re: [Distutils] [Python-3000] sizeof(size_t) < sizeof(long)

2008-04-16 Thread Greg Ewing
David Cournapeau wrote: > I ask for "256 Mo", Mo for Mega-octet: French (and most non English > languages I am aware of) does not have this ambiguity :) But would you ask for it that way in an English-speaking country? Would they have a clue what you were talking about? Anyway, I don't think it

Re: [Distutils] [Python-3000] sizeof(size_t) < sizeof(long)

2008-04-16 Thread David Cournapeau
Greg Ewing wrote: > When you go into a computer store and ask for > 256MB of RAM, you don't expect to be asked "What size > bytes would that be, then, sir?" > I ask for "256 Mo", Mo for Mega-octet: French (and most non English languages I am aware of) does not have this ambiguity :) And anywa