>> What happens when you fire up a 64-bit Python and type >> import sys; sys.maxint >> at it? > > That's not suitable, because of the differences between LP64 and LLP64 > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-bit#64-bit_data_models ).
For the systems that the OP mentioned, sys.maxint is just fine: AIX and Solaris both use LP64, and Windows is 32-bit only for Python 2.2. Regards, Martin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
