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Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types!

From	Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject	Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types!
Date	2012-02-25 00:35 +0000
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On 24/02/2012 23:16, Michael Torrie wrote:
> On 02/24/2012 09:59 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote:
>> The C integer bit doesn't matter since e.g.
>>   >>>
>> a=10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
>>   >>>  a
>> 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000L
>>
>> And no, I'm not going to calculate how much memory I'd need to store a
>> string that's this long :)
>
> Sure but that doesn't answer the question posed.  How does Rick plan to
> represent an infinite integer? Obviously you've shown that with an
> infinite amount of memory we could do it quite easily.  But baring that,
> how does Rick suggest we should represent an infinite integer?

I understand that a Python integer can run to infinity.  Quite how the 
illustrious rr manages to test for the length of a string that's already 
used all of the memory on his system has baffled me, but I'm sure that 
all the people who frequent this list with their Phds, MScs or whatever 
will soon correct me.

-- 
Cheers.

Mark Lawrence.

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PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-02-24 05:37 -0800
  Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-24 13:55 +0000
    Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-02-24 06:14 -0800
  Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2012-02-24 14:25 +0000
    Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-02-24 07:25 -0800
    Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-02-24 12:32 -0500
    Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-02-24 18:26 -0700
  Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Miki Tebeka <miki.tebeka@gmail.com> - 2012-02-24 06:39 -0800
    Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-02-24 07:18 -0800
  Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Mel Wilson <mwilson@the-wire.com> - 2012-02-24 10:21 -0500
    Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-02-24 15:31 +0000
    Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-02-24 07:34 -0800
      Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2012-02-24 09:23 -0700
        Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-02-24 22:45 +0000
      Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-24 16:59 +0000
      Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2012-02-24 16:16 -0700
      Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-02-25 11:09 +1100
      Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-25 00:35 +0000
        Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-02-25 12:25 -0800
      Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-02-25 00:37 +0000
      Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> - 2012-02-25 17:32 +0200
  Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Fayaz Yusuf Khan <fayaz.yusuf.khan@gmail.com> - 2012-02-25 06:52 +0530
    Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-02-25 01:50 +0000
      Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-02-25 12:29 -0800
        Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-02-26 18:32 -0800
          Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-02-27 03:51 +0000
            Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-02-27 14:59 +1100
            Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-02-26 22:49 -0800
  Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Wolfgang Meiners <WolfgangMeiners01@web.de> - 2012-02-25 09:18 +0100
    Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-02-25 17:54 +0000
      Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-02-25 12:35 -0800
        Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Wolfgang Meiners <WolfgangMeiners01@web.de> - 2012-02-26 14:16 +0100
          Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Wolfgang Meiners <WolfgangMeiners01@web.de> - 2012-02-26 14:38 +0100
            Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com> - 2012-02-26 13:44 +0000
          Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-02-26 13:50 +0000
          Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2012-02-27 12:25 +0000
        Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Jean-Michel Pichavant <jeanmichel@sequans.com> - 2012-02-27 12:55 +0100
      Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Wolfgang Meiners <WolfgangMeiners01@web.de> - 2012-02-26 12:56 +0100
        Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-02-26 23:52 +1100
          Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Wolfgang Meiners <WolfgangMeiners01@web.de> - 2012-02-26 14:32 +0100
        Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types! Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-02-26 13:19 +0000

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