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Thu Mar 15 19:56:01 CET 2012 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2012-March/117694.html

2012/3/15 Gil Colgate <gcolgate at gmail.com>:
> I must be using a different version of python, (3.2), I don't see that one
> in use. Do you have a different suggestion?

It's not used in PyArg_Parse*, but it is for Py_BuildValue. Adding it
to PyArg_Parse could create confusion.

>
> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:49 AM, Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> 2012/3/15 Gil Colgate <gcolgate at gmail.com>:
>> > We use a lot of UnsignedLongLongs in our program (ids) and have been
>> > parsing
>> > in PyArg_ParseTuple with 'K', which does not do error checking.
>> > I am planning to add a new type to our local build of python for parsing
>> > Unsigned Long Longs (64 bit numbers) that errrors if the number has more
>> > than the correct number of bits.
>> >
>> > I am thinking to use the letter 'N' for this purpose, since l,k,K,U,u
>> > are
>> > all taken.
>>
>> Unfortunately, the would conflict with Py_BuildValue's 'N'.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Benjamin
>
>

-- 
Regards,
Benjamin

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