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clarify the 4300-digit limit on int-str conversion (python#100175)
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nedbat authored Dec 12, 2022
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
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Expand Up @@ -5503,15 +5503,15 @@ When an operation would exceed the limit, a :exc:`ValueError` is raised:
>>> _ = int('2' * 5432)
Traceback (most recent call last):
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ValueError: Exceeds the limit (4300) for integer string conversion: value has 5432 digits; use sys.set_int_max_str_digits() to increase the limit.
ValueError: Exceeds the limit (4300 digits) for integer string conversion: value has 5432 digits; use sys.set_int_max_str_digits() to increase the limit.
>>> i = int('2' * 4300)
>>> len(str(i))
4300
>>> i_squared = i*i
>>> len(str(i_squared))
Traceback (most recent call last):
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ValueError: Exceeds the limit (4300) for integer string conversion: value has 8599 digits; use sys.set_int_max_str_digits() to increase the limit.
ValueError: Exceeds the limit (4300 digits) for integer string conversion: value has 8599 digits; use sys.set_int_max_str_digits() to increase the limit.
>>> len(hex(i_squared))
7144
>>> assert int(hex(i_squared), base=16) == i*i # Hexadecimal is unlimited.
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions Objects/longobject.c
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Expand Up @@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ medium_value(PyLongObject *x)
#define IS_SMALL_INT(ival) (-_PY_NSMALLNEGINTS <= (ival) && (ival) < _PY_NSMALLPOSINTS)
#define IS_SMALL_UINT(ival) ((ival) < _PY_NSMALLPOSINTS)

#define _MAX_STR_DIGITS_ERROR_FMT_TO_INT "Exceeds the limit (%d) for integer string conversion: value has %zd digits; use sys.set_int_max_str_digits() to increase the limit"
#define _MAX_STR_DIGITS_ERROR_FMT_TO_STR "Exceeds the limit (%d) for integer string conversion; use sys.set_int_max_str_digits() to increase the limit"
#define _MAX_STR_DIGITS_ERROR_FMT_TO_INT "Exceeds the limit (%d digits) for integer string conversion: value has %zd digits; use sys.set_int_max_str_digits() to increase the limit"
#define _MAX_STR_DIGITS_ERROR_FMT_TO_STR "Exceeds the limit (%d digits) for integer string conversion; use sys.set_int_max_str_digits() to increase the limit"

/* If defined, use algorithms from the _pylong.py module */
#define WITH_PYLONG_MODULE 1
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