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

[Skip Montanaro]

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

    Michael> I would like to urge caution before making this change. Despite
    Michael> what the PEP may say, I actually think that creating a
    Michael> 'baseint' type is the WRONG design choice for the long term.  I
    Michael> envision an eventual Python which has just one type, called
    Michael> 'int'.

I agree.  I made a suggestion that we consider the entire tree of numeric
types, but I had int/long unification in the back of my mind as well.  I
will take /F's suggestion and poke around the peps when I have some time,
but I see no pressing reason a base integer class, however it's spelled,
needs to be added for 2.4.

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