array of 64-bit ints?

[Stephen Vavasis]

Is it possible to have an array of 64-bit-ints using the standard Python
array module? On my 64-bit architecture (AMD64, MSVC), both "int" and
"long int" are 32 bit integers. To declare 64-bit ints, one needs either
"long long int" or "size_t". However, according to the Python array
documentation, arrays of "size_t" or "long long int" are not available.

Thanks,
Steve Vavasis, va*****@math.uwaterloo.ca

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Martin_v=2E_L=F6wis=22?=]

Is it possible to have an array of 64-bit-ints using the standard Python

array module? On my 64-bit architecture (AMD64, MSVC), both "int" and
"long int" are 32 bit integers. To declare 64-bit ints, one needs either
"long long int" or "size_t". However, according to the Python array
documentation, arrays of "size_t" or "long long int" are not available.

No, it's not possible.

Regards,
Martin

[Nick Craig-Wood]

Martin v. L?wis <ma****@v.loewis.dewrote:

Is it possible to have an array of 64-bit-ints using the standard Python
array module? On my 64-bit architecture (AMD64, MSVC), both "int" and
"long int" are 32 bit integers. To declare 64-bit ints, one needs either
"long long int" or "size_t". However, according to the Python array
documentation, arrays of "size_t" or "long long int" are not available.

No, it's not possible.

You could do it with ctypes like this...

from ctypes import *

Array = c_int64 * 100

a = Array()
for i in range(100):
a[i] = 2**63 - i

for i in range(100):
print a[i]

prints

-9223372036854775808
9223372036854775807
9223372036854775806
[snip]
9223372036854775710
9223372036854775709

ctypes arrays are fixed length once created though.

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