Re: [Python-3000] range() issues On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 8:36 PM, Guido van Rossum  wrote:
>  Let's also fix __len__() so that it returns sys.{maxint,maxsize} when
>  the result doesn't fit in a Py_ssize_t.

Why not leave sq_length as is, but have len() bypass it and call
__len__() directly?  C code is likely allocating memory for whatever
length it's given, so a sq_length overflow just makes it fail earlier,
whereas python code could be more creative (such as printing the
length of an on-disk container.)

The problem with the indexing API also calling sq_length is moot since
you've decided to remove it from range.


-- 
Adam Olsen, aka Rhamphoryncus
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