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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libmarshal.tex | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libmarshal.tex b/Doc/lib/libmarshal.tex index 319c195..3abcc42 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libmarshal.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libmarshal.tex @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ supported; and recursive lists and dictionaries should not be written (they will cause infinite loops). {\bf Caveat:} On machines where C's \code{long int} type has more than -32 bits (such as the DEC Alpha or the HP Precision Architecture), it +32 bits (such as the DEC Alpha), it is possible to create plain Python integers that are longer than 32 bits. Since the current \code{marshal} module uses 32 bits to transfer plain Python integers, such values are silently truncated. |