Re: [Python-Dev] New PEP: Using ssize_t as the index type
by "Martin v. Löwis" other posts by this author
Dec 30 2005 1:58AM messages near this date
Re: [Python-Dev] New PEP: Using ssize_t as the index type
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Re: [Python-Dev] New PEP: Using ssize_t as the index type
Travis E. Oliphant wrote:
> Sounds wonderful. Would love to see this in Python 2.5. This will fix
> important 64-bit issues. Perhaps someone could explain to me what the
> difference between Py_ssize_t and Py_intptr_t would be? Is this not a
> satisfactory Py_ssize_t already?
Practically, yes. Conceptually, intptr_t and size_t are different
things: sizeof(void*) might differ from sizeof(size_t) (e.g. when you
have segment and offset in pointers). I believe in flat-address space
machines, they are always the same.
Regards,
Martin
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