len can't return big numbers

cool-RR

BPO	21444
Nosy	@rhettinger, @jcea, @mdickinson, @bitdancer, @cool-RR, @4kir4
PRs	bpo-12159: document sys.maxsize limit in len() function reference #17934

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2014-05-08.21:17:54.444>
created_at = <Date 2014-05-05.23:11:11.092>
labels = ['interpreter-core', 'type-feature']
title = "__len__ can't return big numbers"
updated_at = <Date 2020-01-10.12:13:55.203>
user = 'https://github.com/cool-RR'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2020-01-10.12:13:55.203>
actor = 'Zac Hatfield-Dodds'
assignee = 'none'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2014-05-08.21:17:54.444>
closer = 'benjamin.peterson'
components = ['Interpreter Core']
creation = <Date 2014-05-05.23:11:11.092>
creator = 'cool-RR'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 21444
keywords = []
message_count = 7.0
messages = ['217957', '217958', '217974', '217983', '217988', '218002', '218124']
nosy_count = 6.0
nosy_names = ['rhettinger', 'jcea', 'mark.dickinson', 'r.david.murray', 'cool-RR', 'akira']
pr_nums = ['17934']
priority = 'low'
resolution = 'wont fix'
stage = None
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue21444'
versions = ['Python 3.5']