Change int() so that passing a string, unicode, float or long argument

that is outside the integer range no longer raises OverflowError, but
returns a long object instead.

This fixes SF bug http://www.python.org/sf/635115

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/api/abstract.tex b/Doc/api/abstract.tex
index 6bf96b2..c5939b2 100644
--- a/Doc/api/abstract.tex
+++ b/Doc/api/abstract.tex
@@ -650,8 +650,9 @@ determination.
 
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Int}{PyObject *o}
   Returns the \var{o} converted to an integer object on success, or
-  \NULL{} on failure.  This is the equivalent of the Python expression
-  \samp{int(\var{o})}.\bifuncindex{int}
+  \NULL{} on failure.  If the argument is outside the integer range
+  a long object will be returned instead. This is the equivalent
+  of the Python expression \samp{int(\var{o})}.\bifuncindex{int}
 \end{cfuncdesc}
 
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Long}{PyObject *o}
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
index f6b01d1..9fab9ba 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
@@ -507,6 +507,8 @@ def my_import(name):
   Otherwise, the argument may be a plain or
   long integer or a floating point number.  Conversion of floating
   point numbers to integers truncates (towards zero).
+  If the argument is outside the integer range a long object will
+  be returned instead.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{intern}{string}