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Wed Feb 15 20:25:01 CET 2006 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-February/061042.html

Ron Adam <rrr at ronadam.com> wrote:
> Greg Ewing wrote:
> > Ron Adam wrote:
> >>     b = bytes(0L) ->  bytes([0,0,0,0])
> > 
> > No, bytes(0L) --> TypeError because 0L doesn't implement
> > the iterator protocol or the buffer interface.
> 
> It wouldn't need it if it was a direct C memory copy.

Yes it would.  Python long integers are stored as arrays of signed
16-bit short ints.  See longintrepr.h from the source.

 - Josiah

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