adam olsen kjbnfagmailcom tue apr 29 2008 836 pm guido van rossum wrote lets also fix __len__ returns sysmaxintmaxsize result doesnt fit py_ssize_t leave sq_length len bypass call __len__ directly c code likely allocating memory whatever length given sq_length overflow makes fail earlier whereas python code could creative printing length ondisk container problem indexing api also calling sq_length moot since youve decided remove range adam olsen aka rhamphoryncus _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 223850 0600 python3000 range issues