Re: [Tutor] A question about how python handles numbers larger than it's 32 bit limit

2008-09-23 Thread Kent Johnson
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 11:16 AM, John Toliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings, > > The book I have says when you anticipate that you will be working with > numbers larger than what python can handle, you place an "L" after the > number to signal python to treat it as a large number. Your b

Re: [Tutor] A question about how python handles numbers larger than it's 32 bit limit

2008-09-23 Thread Steve Willoughby
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 04:24:48PM +0100, Adam Bark wrote: > 2008/9/23 John Toliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Greetings, > > > > The book I have says when you anticipate that you will be working with > > numbers larger than what python can handle, you place an "L" after the > > number to signal py

Re: [Tutor] A question about how python handles numbers larger than it's 32 bit limit

2008-09-23 Thread Adam Bark
2008/9/23 John Toliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Greetings, > > The book I have says when you anticipate that you will be working with > numbers larger than what python can handle, you place an "L" after the > number to signal python to treat it as a large number. Does this > "treating" of the number

[Tutor] A question about how python handles numbers larger than it's 32 bit limit

2008-09-23 Thread John Toliver
Greetings, The book I have says when you anticipate that you will be working with numbers larger than what python can handle, you place an "L" after the number to signal python to treat it as a large number. Does this "treating" of the number only mean that Python won't try to represent the numbe