[Numpy-discussion] UInt64 is not supported on 64-bit architecture?

[Todd Miller]

Francesc Alted wrote:

>A Dimarts 18 Març 2003 18:24, Todd Miller va escriure:
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>>That's great to hear!  Incidentally,  you should probably also set LP64
>>to 1.  That asserts that a Python integer (a C long) is 64-bits and
>>makes the default array integer type Int64 rather than Int32.  I don't
>>know anything about SGI,  but you can determine if LP64 is appropriate
>>by looking at sys.maxint:  2-billionish is 32-bit,  9-gazillionish is
>>64-bit.
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>Well, to say the truth, I've already tested that, but it gave me some weird
>errors with the Numeric compatibility tests included in PyTables. In
>particular, it seems to make a difference between the "l" (long) and "i"
>(int) typecodes, that make the tests to fail (maybe I should investigate
>this more, but I'm short of time lately).
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That sounds consistent with my understanding of LP64.    C longs and 
pointers are 64-bit, while C ints remain 32-bit.  Hence,  for LP64,  'i' 
and 'l' should be different.   That is not to say numarray has it's act 
totally together here;  LP64 is rather confusing, as is the fact that a 
Python Int is actually a C long.

For now,  I'll just apply your patch as-is.

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Regards,
Todd