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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2007-08-17 00:24:54 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2007-08-17 00:24:54 (GMT)
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@@ -42,14 +42,16 @@ and dictionaries are only supported as long as the values contained therein are
themselves supported; and recursive lists and dictionaries should not be written
(they will cause infinite loops).
-**Caveat:** On machines where C's ``long int`` type has more than 32 bits (such
-as the DEC Alpha), it is possible to create plain Python integers that are
-longer than 32 bits. If such an integer is marshaled and read back in on a
-machine where C's ``long int`` type has only 32 bits, a Python long integer
-object is returned instead. While of a different type, the numeric value is the
-same. (This behavior is new in Python 2.2. In earlier versions, all but the
-least-significant 32 bits of the value were lost, and a warning message was
-printed.)
+.. warning::
+
+ On machines where C's ``long int`` type has more than 32 bits (such as the
+ DEC Alpha), it is possible to create plain Python integers that are longer
+ than 32 bits. If such an integer is marshaled and read back in on a machine
+ where C's ``long int`` type has only 32 bits, a Python long integer object
+ is returned instead. While of a different type, the numeric value is the
+ same. (This behavior is new in Python 2.2. In earlier versions, all but the
+ least-significant 32 bits of the value were lost, and a warning message was
+ printed.)
There are functions that read/write files as well as functions operating on
strings.