[Cython] long long and VC6

[Robert Bradshaw]

On Jan 2, 2009, at 3:14 PM, Kirill Simonov wrote:

> Hi Robert,
>>>
>>> I'm using Cython 0.10.3 to build an extension module and the
>>> generated C
>>> file does not compile under VC6, which I use to create a Windows
>>> binary
>>> package for Python 2.3.  The culprit is the following expression:
>>>
>>> PyObject *j = (likely(i >= 0) || !is_unsigned) ? PyInt_FromLong(i) :
>>> PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong((sizeof(unsigned long long) >
>>> sizeof(Py_ssize_t) ? (1ULL << (sizeof(Py_ssize_t)*8)) : 0) + i);
>>>
>>> in the function __Pyx_GetItemInt.  It looks like VC6 does not know
>>> about
>>> "long long".  I suppose Cython should respect HAVE_LONG_LONG and use
>>> PY_LONG_LONG macro instead of "long long".
>>
>> Hmm... I don't have any experience with VC6, but it looks like a bug
>> to me. Could you file a bug report on trac? Also, do you know if
>> PY_LONG_LONG guaranteed to be 64+ bits?
>
> I can't file a bug report, got Forbidden here:
>
> http://trac.cython.org/cython_trac/newticket

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- Robert