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Re:Python behind the scenes #8: how Python integers work by pansa2 on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @08:20PM (#26084761)
> this is a post from 16 years ago

Sure, but the only opportunity to change this was along with the other breaking changes in Python 3.0, which is now 12 years old.

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Re:Python behind the scenes #8: how Python integers work by KMag on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @01:35AM (#26086235)
It might still be possible to change, by changing the macros that unwrap integers to support tagged integers, then waiting a decade or two before actually starting to use tagged integers. Things that hadn't been recompiled in a decade or two, but were for some reason running the latest interpreter would break. Presumably the number of breakages would be negligible.
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