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Re: What is the difference between 32 and 64 bit Python on Windows 7 64 bit?

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  Re: What is the difference between 32 and 64 bit Python on Windows 7 64 bit? Sturla Molden <sturla.molden@gmail.com> - 2014-05-13 02:18 +0200

#71411 — Re: What is the difference between 32 and 64 bit Python on Windows 7 64 bit?

On 13/05/14 02:09, Chris Angelico wrote:

> Sometimes you just want to confirm. :) Or maybe you want your program
> to be able to detect which it's on. There are ways of doing both, but
> sys.maxint isn't one of them, as it's specific to the int->long
> promotion of Py2.

The OPs main mistake, I guess, was to assume that sys.maxint is the 
biggest integer value Python 2.x can use.

Sturla

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