Mark Dickinson <dicki...@gmail.com> added the comment: More or less, yes: when trying to pack a non-integer `x` (i.e. something that's not an instance of int or long) with an integer format code (one of 'bBhHiIlLqQ', or 'P'), `x.__index__()` would be called to convert `x` to an integer, and that integer would be packed as usual (possibly raising OverflowError). Other format codes wouldn't be affected.
I'm not quite sure what you mean by 'beforehand': the conversion would happen at the same time as it currently does. It might be a struggle for me to get to this before the 2.7 betas. If anyone's interested in submitting a patch, it would be welcome. ---------- stage: committed/rejected -> needs patch _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue1530559> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
