Message119030
> AFAICT, a change from (Py_ssize_t)-1 to (size_t)-1 is less likely to
> break code than a change from -1L to (Py_ssize_t)-1. (Assuming a
> sizeof(long) != sizeof(void*) platform.)
That's true.
> The benefit, though is that
> hash computations can be performed natively on the hash values without
> casting to an unrelated type.
I don't understand what you mean by "native" and "unrelated". Signed
integers are not less native than unsigned ones. |
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2010-10-18 15:27:28 | pitrou | set | recipients:
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