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Author	pitrou
Recipients	mhammond, pitrou
Date	2008-08-21.13:29:17
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Message-id	<1219325370.54.0.445052222408.issue3625@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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Mark, that check looks fragile: +IS32BIT = sys.maxint == 0x7fffffff and "64 bit" not in sys.version Why don't you check for sys.maxsize instead? By construction, sys.maxsize should give you the pointer width (minus the sign bit ;-)).

Mark, that check looks fragile:

+IS32BIT = sys.maxint == 0x7fffffff and "64 bit" not in sys.version

Why don't you check for sys.maxsize instead? By construction,
sys.maxsize should give you the pointer width (minus the sign bit ;-)).

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Date	User	Action	Args
2008-08-21 13:29:30	pitrou	set	recipients: + pitrou, mhammond
2008-08-21 13:29:30	pitrou	set	messageid: <1219325370.54.0.445052222408.issue3625@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2008-08-21 13:29:18	pitrou	link	issue3625 messages
2008-08-21 13:29:17	pitrou	create