If you don't write or otherwise maintain Python Extension Modules written in C (or C++), you can stop reading.
Python 2.5 alpha 1 is in the process of being released later today. There are important changes that are in 2.5 to support 64-bit systems. These changes can cause Python to crash if your module is not upgraded to support the changes. Python was changed internally to use 64-bit values on 64-bit machines for indices. If you've got a machine with more than 16 GB of RAM, it would be great if you can test Python with large (> 2GB) strings and other sequences. For more details about the Python 2.5 schedule: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0356/ For more details about the 64-bit change: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0353/ How to fix your module: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0353/#conversion-guidelines The effbot wrote a program to check your code and find potential problems. http://svn.effbot.python-hosting.com/stuff/sandbox/python/ssizecheck.py Please test and upgrade your extension modules! Cheers, n -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
