bpo-12159: document sys.maxsize limit in len() function reference#17934
bpo-12159: document sys.maxsize limit in len() function reference#17934vstinner merged 1 commit intopython:masterfrom Zac-HD:document-len-overflow
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I think that this is a good addition to the documentation, but the example with |
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| on inputs larger than :data:`sys.maxsize`, such as :class:`range`. | |
| on lengths larger than :data:`sys.maxsize`. |
I don't understand the "such as range()" part. len(range(5)) returns 5, it doesn't fail with overflow?
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I've clarified that this is for cases such as range(2 ** 64).
sys.maxsize limit in function reference for len()
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LGTM, but I would prefer to get a second review. @csabella @serhiy-storchaka @JulienPalard: What do you think of this len note?
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See:
__len__method but notlen(), andhttps://bugs.python.org/issue12159