Backport r59688.
diff --git a/Lib/plat-mac/plistlib.py b/Lib/plat-mac/plistlib.py
index 49bd556..e61c4a4 100644
--- a/Lib/plat-mac/plistlib.py
+++ b/Lib/plat-mac/plistlib.py
@@ -240,8 +240,8 @@
self.simpleElement("true")
else:
self.simpleElement("false")
- elif isinstance(value, int):
- self.simpleElement("integer", str(value))
+ elif isinstance(value, (int, long)):
+ self.simpleElement("integer", "%d" % value)
elif isinstance(value, float):
self.simpleElement("real", repr(value))
elif isinstance(value, dict):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f4b98de..08181e6 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
Library
-------
+- Bug #1687: Fixed plistlib.py restricts <integer> to Python int when writing.
+
- Issue #1182: many arithmetic bugs in the decimal module have been
fixed, and the decimal module has been updated to comply with the
latest IBM Decimal Arithmetic specification (version 1.66) and