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-rw-r--r--Modules/cPickle.c26
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/cPickle.c b/Modules/cPickle.c
index b87f498..c61035d 100644
--- a/Modules/cPickle.c
+++ b/Modules/cPickle.c
@@ -68,6 +68,20 @@ static char cPickle_module_documentation[] =
#define WRITE_BUF_SIZE 256
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+NOTES on format codes.
+XXX much more is needed here
+
+Integer types
+BININT1 8-bit unsigned integer; followed by 1 byte.
+BININT2 16-bit unsigned integer; followed by 2 bytes, little-endian.
+BININT 32-bit signed integer; followed by 4 bytes, little-endian.
+INT Integer; natural decimal string conversion, then newline.
+ CAUTION: INT-reading code can't assume that what follows
+ fits in a Python int, because the size of Python ints varies
+ across platforms.
+LONG Long (unbounded) integer; repr(i), then newline.
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
#define MARK '('
#define STOP '.'
@@ -904,18 +918,20 @@ save_int(Picklerobject *self, PyObject *args) {
if (!self->bin
#if SIZEOF_LONG > 4
- || (l >> 32)
+ || l > 0x7fffffffL
+ || l < -0x80000000L
#endif
- ) {
- /* Save extra-long ints in non-binary mode, so that
- we can use python long parsing code to restore,
- if necessary. */
+ ) {
+ /* Text-mode pickle, or long too big to fit in the 4-byte
+ * signed BININT format: store as a string.
+ */
c_str[0] = INT;
sprintf(c_str + 1, "%ld\n", l);
if ((*self->write_func)(self, c_str, strlen(c_str)) < 0)
return -1;
}
else {
+ /* Binary pickle and l fits in a signed 4-byte int. */
c_str[1] = (int)( l & 0xff);
c_str[2] = (int)((l >> 8) & 0xff);
c_str[3] = (int)((l >> 16) & 0xff);