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authorMartin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>2008-05-20 08:11:19 +0000
committerMartin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>2008-05-20 08:11:19 +0000
commit4dd019fde36b53b30e69a2ce9cee3f2f9f25c2a6 (patch)
tree49969f2e7cf34f52d29252ecc038a35362f77246 /Python/sysmodule.c
parentb7e419ebb9c815ad74d20e6e26f61b56eb2bc929 (diff)
downloadcpython-git-4dd019fde36b53b30e69a2ce9cee3f2f9f25c2a6.tar.gz
Patch #2488: Add sys.maxsize.
Diffstat (limited to 'Python/sysmodule.c')
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Python/sysmodule.c b/Python/sysmodule.c
index c8842503be..f706a7d42d 100644
--- a/Python/sysmodule.c
+++ b/Python/sysmodule.c
@@ -992,6 +992,7 @@ PyDoc_STR(
Static objects:\n\
\n\
maxint -- the largest supported integer (the smallest is -maxint-1)\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\
version -- the version of this interpreter as a string\n\
@@ -1345,6 +1346,8 @@ _PySys_Init(void)
PyString_FromString(Py_GetPrefix()));
SET_SYS_FROM_STRING("exec_prefix",
PyString_FromString(Py_GetExecPrefix()));
+ SET_SYS_FROM_STRING("maxsize",
+ PyInt_FromSsize_t(PY_SSIZE_T_MAX));
SET_SYS_FROM_STRING("maxint",
PyInt_FromLong(PyInt_GetMax()));
SET_SYS_FROM_STRING("py3kwarning",