On 10/27/07, Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Win XP, Python 2.5.1
>
> ========================
> #!/usr/bin/env python
> #coding=utf-8
>
> n = 10000000000 # 10 billion
> print "type of 10 billion is", type(n)
> n = 1000000000 # 1 billion
> print "type of 1 billion is", type(n)
>
> raw_input("press enter to continue")
>
> n = 10000000000
> print type(n)
> while True:
> if type(n) == long:
> n -= 1000000
> print n, type(n)
> else:
> break
> print n
> print type(n), 'HERE'
> ==========================
>
> As an exercise in using type() I was thinking I could use it to begin
> to find where (without looking it up) a long becomes an int. I show
> that the boundary is somewhere between 10 billion and 1 billion. But
> the above script never ends--never gets to 'HERE'.
>
> Here's part of the output:
>
> 6000000 <type 'long'>
> 5000000 <type 'long'>
> 4000000 <type 'long'>
> 3000000 <type 'long'>
> 2000000 <type 'long'>
> 1000000 <type 'long'>
> 0 <type 'long'>
> -1000000 <type 'long'>
> -2000000 <type 'long'>
> -3000000 <type 'long'>
> -4000000 <type 'long'>
> -5000000 <type 'long'>
> -6000000 <type 'long'>
>
> Note that it shows even 1 million and 0 to be longs, whereas
> >>> type(1000000)
> <type 'int'>
> >>> type(0)
> <type 'int'>
> >>>
>
> What's going on?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dick Moores
>
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Hi Dick,
I would expect that a type change will happen if there is a need. Hence if
type(n) is already long it does not have to get converted to int to
accommodate something small.
I changed your program to increase from 1B to 10B and the results are as
expected :)
<snip> - your old code
n = 1000000000 # 1 billion
print type(n)
while n < 10000000000 : # 10 billion
if type(n) == int:
n += 1000000
print n, type(n)
else :
break
<snip> - your old code
HTH
Aditya
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