New submission from Daniel Stutzbach <dan...@stutzbachenterprises.com>:
I noticed that in longobject.c, there are a few spots that take the absolute value of an int before comparing the int to 0. There's no -0 for C integers, so the absolute value isn't necessary. I traced back through the commit history, and it looks like they're an artifact of the original one's-complement longobject.c (which COULD have -0). longobject was switched to two's-complement in 1992. ;-) ---------- assignee: stutzbach components: Interpreter Core files: abs-zero.patch keywords: patch messages: 105265 nosy: stutzbach priority: normal severity: normal stage: patch review status: open title: ABS(x) == 0 can be simplified to x == 0 type: performance versions: Python 3.2 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file17259/abs-zero.patch _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue8659> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
