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Wed Sep 21 18:40:55 CEST 2011 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2011-September/113621.html

On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Stefan Krah <stefan at bytereef.org> wrote:

> Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> + at unittest.skipIf(not have_long_long, 'need long long support')
>>
>> I think this would read better with skipUnless and s/have/has/:
>>
>> @unittest.skipUnless(HAS_LONG_LONG, 'need long long support')
>
> skipUnless() is perhaps a bit cleaner, but have_long_long is pretty
> established elsewhere (for example in pyport.h).

I agree with Stefan on the have_long_long part.  This is what is used
in the array module
code, struct, ctypes, etc ... (via pyport.h as Stefan mentioned).  As
for the unless/if,
I am OK with the 'if'.  'unless' always causes a double-take for me.
Personal preference I guess.

-- Meador

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[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #1172711: Add 'long long' support to the array module.