Issue #4258: Make it possible to use 30-bit digits for PyLongs:
- new configure option --enable-big-digits
- new structseq sys.int_info giving information about the internal format
By default, 30-bit digits are enabled on 64-bit machines but
disabled on 32-bit machines.
diff --git a/Python/sysmodule.c b/Python/sysmodule.c
index b47a25b..443d8eb 100644
--- a/Python/sysmodule.c
+++ b/Python/sysmodule.c
@@ -1012,6 +1012,7 @@
Static objects:\n\
\n\
float_info -- a dict with information about the float implementation.\n\
+int_info -- a struct sequence with information about the int implementation.\n\
maxsize -- the largest supported length of containers.\n\
maxunicode -- the largest supported character\n\
builtin_module_names -- tuple of module names built into this interpreter\n\
@@ -1375,6 +1376,8 @@
PyLong_FromSsize_t(PY_SSIZE_T_MAX));
SET_SYS_FROM_STRING("float_info",
PyFloat_GetInfo());
+ SET_SYS_FROM_STRING("int_info",
+ PyLong_GetInfo());
SET_SYS_FROM_STRING("maxunicode",
PyLong_FromLong(PyUnicode_GetMax()));
SET_SYS_FROM_STRING("builtin_module_names",