Antoine Pitrou added the comment: > The version token needed only when we want break backward > compatibility (change the meaning of existing opcodes).
This is true. For example, my first hunch was to make w_long() emit variable-length data, (0-254: one byte integer, 255: four bytes integer following the 255 prefix). ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue19256> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com