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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2007-11-29 17:24:34 +0000
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2007-11-29 17:24:34 +0000
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Remove mentions of "long integer" in the docs.
Credits to HappySmileMan from GHOP.
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@@ -567,12 +567,12 @@ styles for each component (even mixing raw strings and triple quoted strings).
Numeric literals
----------------
-.. index:: number, numeric literal, integer literal, plain integer literal
- long integer literal, floating point literal, hexadecimal literal
+.. index:: number, numeric literal, integer literal
+ floating point literal, hexadecimal literal
octal literal, binary literal, decimal literal, imaginary literal, complex literal
-There are four types of numeric literals: plain integers, long integers,
-floating point numbers, and imaginary numbers. There are no complex literals
+There are three types of numeric literals: plain integers, floating point
+numbers, and imaginary numbers. There are no complex literals
(complex numbers can be formed by adding a real number and an imaginary number).
Note that numeric literals do not include a sign; a phrase like ``-1`` is