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On 22.01.2014 19:26, Chris Angelico wrote: > Internally, I believe CPython uses the GNU Multiprecision Library > (GMP), which gives an efficient representation and operation format, > scaling to infinity or thereabouts. You can go to any size of integer > you like without there being any difference. There's a cost to that > (even small integers are a bit slower to work with), but it's SO > helpful to be able to work with arbitrarily large numbers that it's > worth that cost. Small correction: Python isn't using GMP. Python uses its own implementation.
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No overflow in variables? Philip Red <filippo.biolcati@googlemail.com> - 2014-01-22 10:09 -0800
Re: No overflow in variables? Larry Martell <larry.martell@gmail.com> - 2014-01-22 11:18 -0700
Re:No overflow in variables? Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-01-22 13:26 -0500
Re: No overflow in variables? Philip Red <filippo.biolcati@googlemail.com> - 2014-01-22 10:32 -0800
Re: No overflow in variables? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-01-23 05:26 +1100
Re: No overflow in variables? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-01-22 15:55 -0500
Re: No overflow in variables? Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-01-23 11:22 +1300
Re: No overflow in variables? Philip Red <filippo.biolcati@googlemail.com> - 2014-01-22 10:48 -0800
Re: No overflow in variables? random832@fastmail.us - 2014-01-22 18:13 -0500
Re: No overflow in variables? Christian Heimes <christian@python.org> - 2014-01-23 10:14 +0100
Re: No overflow in variables? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-01-23 20:36 +1100
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