
Long Integer Objects
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PyLongObject

   This subtype of ``PyObject`` represents a Python long integer
   object.

PyTypeObject PyLong_Type

   This instance of ``PyTypeObject`` represents the Python long
   integer type. This is the same object as ``long`` and
   ``types.LongType``.

int PyLong_Check(PyObject *p)

   Return true if its argument is a ``PyLongObject`` or a subtype of
   ``PyLongObject``.

   Changed in version 2.2: Allowed subtypes to be accepted.

int PyLong_CheckExact(PyObject *p)

   Return true if its argument is a ``PyLongObject``, but not a
   subtype of ``PyLongObject``.

   New in version 2.2.

PyObject* PyLong_FromLong(long v)
    Return value: New reference.

   Return a new ``PyLongObject`` object from *v*, or *NULL* on
   failure.

PyObject* PyLong_FromUnsignedLong(unsigned long v)
    Return value: New reference.

   Return a new ``PyLongObject`` object from a C ``unsigned long``, or
   *NULL* on failure.

PyObject* PyLong_FromSsize_t(Py_ssize_t v)

   Return a new ``PyLongObject`` object from a C ``Py_ssize_t``, or
   *NULL* on failure.

   New in version 2.5.

PyObject* PyLong_FromSize_t(size_t v)

   Return a new ``PyLongObject`` object from a C ``size_t``, or *NULL*
   on failure.

   New in version 2.5.

PyObject* PyLong_FromLongLong(PY_LONG_LONG v)
    Return value: New reference.

   Return a new ``PyLongObject`` object from a C ``long long``, or
   *NULL* on failure.

PyObject* PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong(unsigned PY_LONG_LONG v)
    Return value: New reference.

   Return a new ``PyLongObject`` object from a C ``unsigned long
   long``, or *NULL* on failure.

PyObject* PyLong_FromDouble(double v)
    Return value: New reference.

   Return a new ``PyLongObject`` object from the integer part of *v*,
   or *NULL* on failure.

PyObject* PyLong_FromString(char *str, char **pend, int base)
    Return value: New reference.

   Return a new ``PyLongObject`` based on the string value in *str*,
   which is interpreted according to the radix in *base*.  If *pend*
   is non-*NULL*, ``*pend`` will point to the first character in *str*
   which follows the representation of the number.  If *base* is
   ``0``, the radix will be determined based on the leading characters
   of *str*: if *str* starts with ``'0x'`` or ``'0X'``, radix 16 will
   be used; if *str* starts with ``'0'``, radix 8 will be used;
   otherwise radix 10 will be used.  If *base* is not ``0``, it must
   be between ``2`` and ``36``, inclusive.  Leading spaces are
   ignored.  If there are no digits, ``ValueError`` will be raised.

PyObject* PyLong_FromUnicode(Py_UNICODE *u, Py_ssize_t length, int base)
    Return value: New reference.

   Convert a sequence of Unicode digits to a Python long integer
   value.  The first parameter, *u*, points to the first character of
   the Unicode string, *length* gives the number of characters, and
   *base* is the radix for the conversion.  The radix must be in the
   range [2, 36]; if it is out of range, ``ValueError`` will be
   raised.

   New in version 1.6.

PyObject* PyLong_FromVoidPtr(void *p)
    Return value: New reference.

   Create a Python integer or long integer from the pointer *p*. The
   pointer value can be retrieved from the resulting value using
   ``PyLong_AsVoidPtr``.

   New in version 1.5.2.

   Changed in version 2.5: If the integer is larger than LONG_MAX, a
   positive long integer is returned.

long PyLong_AsLong(PyObject *pylong)

   Return a C ``long`` representation of the contents of *pylong*.  If
   *pylong* is greater than ``LONG_MAX``, an ``OverflowError`` is
   raised and ``-1`` will be returned.

Py_ssize_t PyLong_AsSsize_t(PyObject *pylong)

   Return a C ``Py_ssize_t`` representation of the contents of
   *pylong*.  If *pylong* is greater than ``PY_SSIZE_T_MAX``, an
   ``OverflowError`` is raised and ``-1`` will be returned.

   New in version 2.5.

unsigned long PyLong_AsUnsignedLong(PyObject *pylong)

   Return a C ``unsigned long`` representation of the contents of
   *pylong*. If *pylong* is greater than ``ULONG_MAX``, an
   ``OverflowError`` is raised.

PY_LONG_LONG PyLong_AsLongLong(PyObject *pylong)

   Return a C ``long long`` from a Python long integer.  If *pylong*
   cannot be represented as a ``long long``, an ``OverflowError`` will
   be raised.

   New in version 2.2.

unsigned PY_LONG_LONG PyLong_AsUnsignedLongLong(PyObject *pylong)

   Return a C ``unsigned long long`` from a Python long integer. If
   *pylong* cannot be represented as an ``unsigned long long``, an
   ``OverflowError`` will be raised if the value is positive, or a
   ``TypeError`` will be raised if the value is negative.

   New in version 2.2.

unsigned long PyLong_AsUnsignedLongMask(PyObject *io)

   Return a C ``unsigned long`` from a Python long integer, without
   checking for overflow.

   New in version 2.3.

unsigned PY_LONG_LONG PyLong_AsUnsignedLongLongMask(PyObject *io)

   Return a C ``unsigned long long`` from a Python long integer,
   without checking for overflow.

   New in version 2.3.

double PyLong_AsDouble(PyObject *pylong)

   Return a C ``double`` representation of the contents of *pylong*.
   If *pylong* cannot be approximately represented as a ``double``, an
   ``OverflowError`` exception is raised and ``-1.0`` will be
   returned.

void* PyLong_AsVoidPtr(PyObject *pylong)

   Convert a Python integer or long integer *pylong* to a C ``void``
   pointer. If *pylong* cannot be converted, an ``OverflowError`` will
   be raised.  This is only assured to produce a usable ``void``
   pointer for values created with ``PyLong_FromVoidPtr``.

   New in version 1.5.2.

   Changed in version 2.5: For values outside 0..LONG_MAX, both signed
   and unsigned integers are accepted.
