Simon Forman wrote: > KraftDiner wrote: > > What is the range of a variable of type int() > > > > eg: > > i = int() > > print i.max() # 0xFFFFFFFF > > print i.min() # 0x00000000 > > > > is it a signed 16 bit or 32 bit or is it unsigned 16 or 32... > > I've noticed that it can be incremented into a new class of type > > long... > > |>> import sys > |>> sys.maxint > 2147483647 >
So what type / class should one use to represent a 16 bit integers (signed or unsigned)? > >From the sys module docs: > maxint > The largest positive integer supported by Python's regular integer > type. This is at least 2**31-1. The largest negative integer is > -maxint-1 -- the asymmetry results from the use of 2's complement > binary arithmetic. > > Peace, > ~Simon > > P.S. ints and longs are becoming unified soon. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
