[Python-Dev] Unifying Long Integers and Integers: baseint

[Guido van Rossum]

> Is there a plan for implementing a base class for int and long (like 
> basestring for str and unicode):
> 
>  >>> issubclass(int, baseint) and issubclass(long, baseint)
> True
> 
> ?

I think this would be a good idea; maybe the name should be
baseinteger?

I think it's been suggested before, and can't remember why it wasn't
implemented -- perhaps the use cases aren't as compelling as for
basestring?

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)