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Author	ncoghlan
Recipients	mark.dickinson, ncoghlan, skrah, vstinner
Date	2014-02-07.11:52:01
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Message-id	<1391773921.82.0.0982203595143.issue20539@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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I figured it was some internal storage overflowing, and I don't have an issue with the error type. The bit that is confusing is the error message - what int doesn't fit into a C long? (especially in the second case of float input where no user level int is involved at all). It's mostly a theoretical problem though - as far as I am aware, the user that hit it was deliberately testing how far the limits of the "infinite precision" integers promised in the documentation actually extend.

I figured it was some internal storage overflowing, and I don't have an issue with the error type. The bit that is confusing is the error *message* - what int doesn't fit into a C long? (especially in the second case of float input where no user level int is involved at all).

It's mostly a theoretical problem though - as far as I am aware, the user that hit it was deliberately testing how far the limits of the "infinite precision" integers promised in the documentation actually extend.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2014-02-07 11:52:01	ncoghlan	set	recipients: + ncoghlan, mark.dickinson, vstinner, skrah
2014-02-07 11:52:01	ncoghlan	set	messageid: <1391773921.82.0.0982203595143.issue20539@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2014-02-07 11:52:01	ncoghlan	link	issue20539 messages
2014-02-07 11:52:01	ncoghlan	create