On Sun, 25 Feb 2018 21:19:19 -0800, Rick Johnson wrote:
> I agree with your sarcasm. And that's why these types of auto > conversions should be optional. I agree that most times it's more > practical to let python handle the dirty details. But in some cases, > where you need to squeeze out a few more drops of speed juice, you won't > mind the extra trouble. And that's where you call out to a library like numpy, or write a C extension, or use a tool like Numba or Cython to optimise your Python code to use native ints. (Numba is still a work in progress, but Cython is a mature working product.) Or to put it another way... if you want machine ints in Python, the way you get them is something like: from numba import jit @jit def myfunction(): ... The core language doesn't have to support these things when there is a healthy language ecosystem that can do it. -- Steve -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
