Martin Panter added the comment: Are there platforms where rlim_t is signed? Posix defines it as unsigned: <http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/sys_resource.h.html>.
Also there are subtle differences between the PyLong_AsUnsigned[. . .] and the current signed versions. The unsigned version does not call __int__() so you would no longer be able to pass a float(). Also this could cause compatibility problems with code that was written for earlier documentation, which said to use -1 to mean unlimited. Perhaps that is why the code has rlim_* & RLIM_INFINITY masking. ---------- components: +Extension Modules -Library (Lib) nosy: +martin.panter stage: needs patch -> patch review _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue9917> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
