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<section id="integer-objects">
<span id="longobjects"></span><h1>Integer Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#integer-objects" title="Link to this heading"></a></h1>
<p id="index-0">All integers are implemented as “long” integer objects of arbitrary size.</p>
<p>On error, most <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLong_As*</span></code> APIs return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(return</span> <span class="pre">type)-1</span></code> which cannot be
distinguished from a number. Use <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#c.PyErr_Occurred" title="PyErr_Occurred"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyErr_Occurred()</span></code></a> to disambiguate.</p>
<dl class="c type">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLongObject">
<span class="k"><span class="pre">type</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Limited API</span></a> (as an opaque struct).</em><p>This subtype of <a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></code></a> represents a Python integer object.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c var">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_Type">
<a class="reference internal" href="type.html#c.PyTypeObject" title="PyTypeObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyTypeObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_Type</span></span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_Type" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>This instance of <a class="reference internal" href="type.html#c.PyTypeObject" title="PyTypeObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyTypeObject</span></code></a> represents the Python integer type.
This is the same object as <a class="reference internal" href="../library/functions.html#int" title="int"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">int</span></code></a> in the Python layer.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_Check">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_Check</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">p</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_Check" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><p>Return true if its argument is a <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a> or a subtype of
<a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>. This function always succeeds.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_CheckExact">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_CheckExact</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">p</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_CheckExact" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><p>Return true if its argument is a <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>, but not a subtype of
<a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>. This function always succeeds.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_FromLong">
<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_FromLong</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">v</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_FromLong" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="refcount return_new_ref">Return value: New reference.</em><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Return a new <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a> object from <em>v</em>, or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code> on failure.</p>
<p>The current implementation keeps an array of integer objects for all integers
between <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-5</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">256</span></code>. When you create an int in that range you actually
just get back a reference to the existing object.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_FromUnsignedLong">
<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_FromUnsignedLong</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">unsigned</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">v</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_FromUnsignedLong" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="refcount return_new_ref">Return value: New reference.</em><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Return a new <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a> object from a C <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">unsigned</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span></span>, or
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code> on failure.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_FromSsize_t">
<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_FromSsize_t</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#c.Py_ssize_t" title="Py_ssize_t"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Py_ssize_t</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">v</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_FromSsize_t" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="refcount return_new_ref">Return value: New reference.</em><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Return a new <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a> object from a C <a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#c.Py_ssize_t" title="Py_ssize_t"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_ssize_t</span></code></a>, or
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code> on failure.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_FromSize_t">
<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_FromSize_t</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="n"><span class="pre">size_t</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">v</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_FromSize_t" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="refcount return_new_ref">Return value: New reference.</em><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Return a new <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a> object from a C <code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">size_t</span></code>, or
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code> on failure.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_FromLongLong">
<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_FromLongLong</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">v</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_FromLongLong" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="refcount return_new_ref">Return value: New reference.</em><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Return a new <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a> object from a C <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">long</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span></span>, or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code>
on failure.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong">
<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">unsigned</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">v</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="refcount return_new_ref">Return value: New reference.</em><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Return a new <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a> object from a C <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">unsigned</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span></span>,
or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code> on failure.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_FromDouble">
<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_FromDouble</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">double</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">v</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_FromDouble" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="refcount return_new_ref">Return value: New reference.</em><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Return a new <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a> object from the integer part of <em>v</em>, or
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code> on failure.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_FromString">
<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_FromString</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="k"><span class="pre">const</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">char</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">str</span></span>, <span class="kt"><span class="pre">char</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">pend</span></span>, <span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">base</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_FromString" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="refcount return_new_ref">Return value: New reference.</em><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Return a new <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a> based on the string value in <em>str</em>, which
is interpreted according to the radix in <em>base</em>, or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code> on failure. If
<em>pend</em> is non-<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code>, <em>*pend</em> will point to the end of <em>str</em> on success or
to the first character that could not be processed on error. If <em>base</em> is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code>,
<em>str</em> is interpreted using the <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/lexical_analysis.html#integers"><span class="std std-ref">Integer literals</span></a> definition; in this case, leading
zeros in a non-zero decimal number raises a <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#ValueError" title="ValueError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ValueError</span></code></a>. If <em>base</em> is not
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code>, it must be between <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">2</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">36</span></code>, inclusive. Leading and trailing
whitespace and single underscores after a base specifier and between digits are
ignored. If there are no digits or <em>str</em> is not NULL-terminated following the
digits and trailing whitespace, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#ValueError" title="ValueError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ValueError</span></code></a> will be raised.</p>
<div class="admonition seealso">
<p class="admonition-title">See also</p>
<p>Python methods <a class="reference internal" href="../library/stdtypes.html#int.to_bytes" title="int.to_bytes"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">int.to_bytes()</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="../library/stdtypes.html#int.from_bytes" title="int.from_bytes"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">int.from_bytes()</span></code></a>
to convert a <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a> to/from an array of bytes in base
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">256</span></code>. You can call those from C using <a class="reference internal" href="call.html#c.PyObject_CallMethod" title="PyObject_CallMethod"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyObject_CallMethod()</span></code></a>.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_FromUnicodeObject">
<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_FromUnicodeObject</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">u</span></span>, <span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">base</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_FromUnicodeObject" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="refcount return_new_ref">Return value: New reference.</em><p>Convert a sequence of Unicode digits in the string <em>u</em> to a Python integer
value.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.3.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_FromVoidPtr">
<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_FromVoidPtr</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">void</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">p</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_FromVoidPtr" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="refcount return_new_ref">Return value: New reference.</em><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Create a Python integer from the pointer <em>p</em>. The pointer value can be
retrieved from the resulting value using <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLong_AsVoidPtr" title="PyLong_AsVoidPtr"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsVoidPtr()</span></code></a>.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_FromNativeBytes">
<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_FromNativeBytes</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="k"><span class="pre">const</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">void</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">buffer</span></span>, <span class="n"><span class="pre">size_t</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">n_bytes</span></span>, <span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">flags</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_FromNativeBytes" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><p>Create a Python integer from the value contained in the first <em>n_bytes</em> of
<em>buffer</em>, interpreted as a twos-complement signed number.</p>
<p><em>flags</em> are as for <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLong_AsNativeBytes" title="PyLong_AsNativeBytes"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsNativeBytes()</span></code></a>. Passing <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> will select
the native endian that CPython was compiled with and assume that the
most-significant bit is a sign bit. Passing
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_UNSIGNED_BUFFER</span></code> will produce the same result as calling
<a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLong_FromUnsignedNativeBytes" title="PyLong_FromUnsignedNativeBytes"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLong_FromUnsignedNativeBytes()</span></code></a>. Other flags are ignored.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.13.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_FromUnsignedNativeBytes">
<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_FromUnsignedNativeBytes</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="k"><span class="pre">const</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">void</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">buffer</span></span>, <span class="n"><span class="pre">size_t</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">n_bytes</span></span>, <span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">flags</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_FromUnsignedNativeBytes" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><p>Create a Python integer from the value contained in the first <em>n_bytes</em> of
<em>buffer</em>, interpreted as an unsigned number.</p>
<p><em>flags</em> are as for <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLong_AsNativeBytes" title="PyLong_AsNativeBytes"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsNativeBytes()</span></code></a>. Passing <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> will select
the native endian that CPython was compiled with and assume that the
most-significant bit is not a sign bit. Flags other than endian are ignored.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.13.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_AsLong">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsLong</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">obj</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_AsLong" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p id="index-1">Return a C <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">long</span></span> representation of <em>obj</em>. If <em>obj</em> is not an
instance of <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>, first call its <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__index__" title="object.__index__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__index__()</span></code></a> method
(if present) to convert it to a <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>Raise <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#OverflowError" title="OverflowError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OverflowError</span></code></a> if the value of <em>obj</em> is out of range for a
<span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">long</span></span>.</p>
<p>Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> on error. Use <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#c.PyErr_Occurred" title="PyErr_Occurred"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyErr_Occurred()</span></code></a> to disambiguate.</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.8: </span>Use <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__index__" title="object.__index__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__index__()</span></code></a> if available.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.10: </span>This function will no longer use <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__int__" title="object.__int__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__int__()</span></code></a>.</p>
</div>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_AS_LONG">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_AS_LONG</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">obj</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_AS_LONG" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><p>A <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-soft-deprecated"><span class="xref std std-term">soft deprecated</span></a> alias.
Exactly equivalent to the preferred <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsLong</span></code>. In particular,
it can fail with <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#OverflowError" title="OverflowError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OverflowError</span></code></a> or another exception.</p>
<div class="deprecated">
<p><span class="versionmodified deprecated">Deprecated since version 3.14: </span>The function is soft deprecated.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_AsInt">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsInt</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">obj</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_AsInt" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a> since version 3.13.</em><p>Similar to <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLong_AsLong" title="PyLong_AsLong"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsLong()</span></code></a>, but store the result in a C
<span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">int</span></span> instead of a C <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">long</span></span>.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.13.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_AsLongAndOverflow">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsLongAndOverflow</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">obj</span></span>, <span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">overflow</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_AsLongAndOverflow" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Return a C <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">long</span></span> representation of <em>obj</em>. If <em>obj</em> is not an
instance of <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>, first call its <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__index__" title="object.__index__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__index__()</span></code></a>
method (if present) to convert it to a <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>If the value of <em>obj</em> is greater than <code class="xref c c-macro docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LONG_MAX</span></code> or less than
<code class="xref c c-macro docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LONG_MIN</span></code>, set <em>*overflow</em> to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">1</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code>, respectively, and
return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code>; otherwise, set <em>*overflow</em> to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code>. If any other exception
occurs set <em>*overflow</em> to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code> and return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> as usual.</p>
<p>Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> on error. Use <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#c.PyErr_Occurred" title="PyErr_Occurred"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyErr_Occurred()</span></code></a> to disambiguate.</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.8: </span>Use <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__index__" title="object.__index__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__index__()</span></code></a> if available.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.10: </span>This function will no longer use <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__int__" title="object.__int__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__int__()</span></code></a>.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_AsLongLong">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsLongLong</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">obj</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_AsLongLong" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p id="index-2">Return a C <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">long</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span></span> representation of <em>obj</em>. If <em>obj</em> is not an
instance of <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>, first call its <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__index__" title="object.__index__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__index__()</span></code></a> method
(if present) to convert it to a <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>Raise <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#OverflowError" title="OverflowError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OverflowError</span></code></a> if the value of <em>obj</em> is out of range for a
<span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">long</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span></span>.</p>
<p>Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> on error. Use <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#c.PyErr_Occurred" title="PyErr_Occurred"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyErr_Occurred()</span></code></a> to disambiguate.</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.8: </span>Use <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__index__" title="object.__index__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__index__()</span></code></a> if available.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.10: </span>This function will no longer use <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__int__" title="object.__int__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__int__()</span></code></a>.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_AsLongLongAndOverflow">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsLongLongAndOverflow</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">obj</span></span>, <span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">overflow</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_AsLongLongAndOverflow" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Return a C <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">long</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span></span> representation of <em>obj</em>. If <em>obj</em> is not an
instance of <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>, first call its <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__index__" title="object.__index__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__index__()</span></code></a> method
(if present) to convert it to a <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>If the value of <em>obj</em> is greater than <code class="xref c c-macro docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LLONG_MAX</span></code> or less than
<code class="xref c c-macro docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LLONG_MIN</span></code>, set <em>*overflow</em> to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">1</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code>, respectively,
and return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code>; otherwise, set <em>*overflow</em> to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code>. If any other
exception occurs set <em>*overflow</em> to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code> and return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> as usual.</p>
<p>Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> on error. Use <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#c.PyErr_Occurred" title="PyErr_Occurred"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyErr_Occurred()</span></code></a> to disambiguate.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.2.</span></p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.8: </span>Use <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__index__" title="object.__index__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__index__()</span></code></a> if available.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.10: </span>This function will no longer use <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__int__" title="object.__int__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__int__()</span></code></a>.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_AsSsize_t">
<a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#c.Py_ssize_t" title="Py_ssize_t"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Py_ssize_t</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsSsize_t</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">pylong</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_AsSsize_t" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p id="index-3">Return a C <a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#c.Py_ssize_t" title="Py_ssize_t"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_ssize_t</span></code></a> representation of <em>pylong</em>. <em>pylong</em> must
be an instance of <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>Raise <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#OverflowError" title="OverflowError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OverflowError</span></code></a> if the value of <em>pylong</em> is out of range for a
<a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#c.Py_ssize_t" title="Py_ssize_t"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_ssize_t</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> on error. Use <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#c.PyErr_Occurred" title="PyErr_Occurred"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyErr_Occurred()</span></code></a> to disambiguate.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_AsUnsignedLong">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">unsigned</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsUnsignedLong</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">pylong</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_AsUnsignedLong" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p id="index-4">Return a C <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">unsigned</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span></span> representation of <em>pylong</em>. <em>pylong</em>
must be an instance of <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>Raise <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#OverflowError" title="OverflowError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OverflowError</span></code></a> if the value of <em>pylong</em> is out of range for a
<span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">unsigned</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span></span>.</p>
<p>Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(unsigned</span> <span class="pre">long)-1</span></code> on error.
Use <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#c.PyErr_Occurred" title="PyErr_Occurred"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyErr_Occurred()</span></code></a> to disambiguate.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_AsSize_t">
<span class="n"><span class="pre">size_t</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsSize_t</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">pylong</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_AsSize_t" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p id="index-5">Return a C <code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">size_t</span></code> representation of <em>pylong</em>. <em>pylong</em> must be
an instance of <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>Raise <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#OverflowError" title="OverflowError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OverflowError</span></code></a> if the value of <em>pylong</em> is out of range for a
<code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">size_t</span></code>.</p>
<p>Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(size_t)-1</span></code> on error.
Use <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#c.PyErr_Occurred" title="PyErr_Occurred"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyErr_Occurred()</span></code></a> to disambiguate.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_AsUnsignedLongLong">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">unsigned</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsUnsignedLongLong</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">pylong</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_AsUnsignedLongLong" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p id="index-6">Return a C <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">unsigned</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span></span> representation of <em>pylong</em>. <em>pylong</em>
must be an instance of <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>Raise <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#OverflowError" title="OverflowError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OverflowError</span></code></a> if the value of <em>pylong</em> is out of range for an
<span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">unsigned</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span></span>.</p>
<p>Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(unsigned</span> <span class="pre">long</span> <span class="pre">long)-1</span></code> on error.
Use <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#c.PyErr_Occurred" title="PyErr_Occurred"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyErr_Occurred()</span></code></a> to disambiguate.</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.1: </span>A negative <em>pylong</em> now raises <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#OverflowError" title="OverflowError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OverflowError</span></code></a>, not <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#TypeError" title="TypeError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TypeError</span></code></a>.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_AsUnsignedLongMask">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">unsigned</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsUnsignedLongMask</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">obj</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_AsUnsignedLongMask" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Return a C <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">unsigned</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span></span> representation of <em>obj</em>. If <em>obj</em> is not
an instance of <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>, first call its <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__index__" title="object.__index__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__index__()</span></code></a>
method (if present) to convert it to a <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>If the value of <em>obj</em> is out of range for an <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">unsigned</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span></span>,
return the reduction of that value modulo <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ULONG_MAX</span> <span class="pre">+</span> <span class="pre">1</span></code>.</p>
<p>Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(unsigned</span> <span class="pre">long)-1</span></code> on error. Use <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#c.PyErr_Occurred" title="PyErr_Occurred"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyErr_Occurred()</span></code></a> to
disambiguate.</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.8: </span>Use <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__index__" title="object.__index__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__index__()</span></code></a> if available.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.10: </span>This function will no longer use <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__int__" title="object.__int__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__int__()</span></code></a>.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_AsUnsignedLongLongMask">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">unsigned</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsUnsignedLongLongMask</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">obj</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_AsUnsignedLongLongMask" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Return a C <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">unsigned</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span></span> representation of <em>obj</em>. If <em>obj</em>
is not an instance of <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>, first call its
<a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__index__" title="object.__index__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__index__()</span></code></a> method (if present) to convert it to a
<a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>If the value of <em>obj</em> is out of range for an <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">unsigned</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span></span>,
return the reduction of that value modulo <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ULLONG_MAX</span> <span class="pre">+</span> <span class="pre">1</span></code>.</p>
<p>Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(unsigned</span> <span class="pre">long</span> <span class="pre">long)-1</span></code> on error. Use <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#c.PyErr_Occurred" title="PyErr_Occurred"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyErr_Occurred()</span></code></a>
to disambiguate.</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.8: </span>Use <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__index__" title="object.__index__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__index__()</span></code></a> if available.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.10: </span>This function will no longer use <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__int__" title="object.__int__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__int__()</span></code></a>.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_AsDouble">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">double</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsDouble</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">pylong</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_AsDouble" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Return a C <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">double</span></span> representation of <em>pylong</em>. <em>pylong</em> must be
an instance of <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>Raise <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#OverflowError" title="OverflowError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OverflowError</span></code></a> if the value of <em>pylong</em> is out of range for a
<span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">double</span></span>.</p>
<p>Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1.0</span></code> on error. Use <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#c.PyErr_Occurred" title="PyErr_Occurred"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyErr_Occurred()</span></code></a> to disambiguate.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_AsVoidPtr">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">void</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsVoidPtr</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">pylong</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_AsVoidPtr" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Convert a Python integer <em>pylong</em> to a C <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">void</span></span> pointer.
If <em>pylong</em> cannot be converted, an <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#OverflowError" title="OverflowError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OverflowError</span></code></a> will be raised. This
is only assured to produce a usable <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">void</span></span> pointer for values created
with <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLong_FromVoidPtr" title="PyLong_FromVoidPtr"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLong_FromVoidPtr()</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code> on error. Use <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#c.PyErr_Occurred" title="PyErr_Occurred"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyErr_Occurred()</span></code></a> to disambiguate.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_AsNativeBytes">
<a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#c.Py_ssize_t" title="Py_ssize_t"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Py_ssize_t</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsNativeBytes</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">pylong</span></span>, <span class="kt"><span class="pre">void</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">buffer</span></span>, <a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#c.Py_ssize_t" title="Py_ssize_t"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Py_ssize_t</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">n_bytes</span></span>, <span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">flags</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_AsNativeBytes" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><p>Copy the Python integer value <em>pylong</em> to a native <em>buffer</em> of size
<em>n_bytes</em>. The <em>flags</em> can be set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> to behave similarly to a C cast,
or to values documented below to control the behavior.</p>
<p>Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> with an exception raised on error. This may happen if
<em>pylong</em> cannot be interpreted as an integer, or if <em>pylong</em> was negative
and the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_REJECT_NEGATIVE</span></code> flag was set.</p>
<p>Otherwise, returns the number of bytes required to store the value.
If this is equal to or less than <em>n_bytes</em>, the entire value was copied.
All <em>n_bytes</em> of the buffer are written: large buffers are padded with
zeroes.</p>
<p>If the returned value is greater than than <em>n_bytes</em>, the value was
truncated: as many of the lowest bits of the value as could fit are written,
and the higher bits are ignored. This matches the typical behavior
of a C-style downcast.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>Overflow is not considered an error. If the returned value
is larger than <em>n_bytes</em>, most significant bits were discarded.</p>
</div>
<p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code> will never be returned.</p>
<p>Values are always copied as twos-complement.</p>
<p>Usage example:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">int32_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">value</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="n">Py_ssize_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">bytes</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">PyLong_AsNativeBytes</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pylong</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;</span><span class="n">value</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">sizeof</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">value</span><span class="p">),</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">-1</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">bytes</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Failed. A Python exception was set with the reason.</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">NULL</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="k">else</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">bytes</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Py_ssize_t</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="k">sizeof</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">value</span><span class="p">))</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Success!</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="k">else</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Overflow occurred, but &#39;value&#39; contains the truncated</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// lowest bits of pylong.</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Passing zero to <em>n_bytes</em> will return the size of a buffer that would
be large enough to hold the value. This may be larger than technically
necessary, but not unreasonably so. If <em>n_bytes=0</em>, <em>buffer</em> may be
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code>.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>Passing <em>n_bytes=0</em> to this function is not an accurate way to determine
the bit length of the value.</p>
</div>
<p>To get at the entire Python value of an unknown size, the function can be
called twice: first to determine the buffer size, then to fill it:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1">// Ask how much space we need.</span>
<span class="n">Py_ssize_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">expected</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">PyLong_AsNativeBytes</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pylong</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">NULL</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">-1</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">expected</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Failed. A Python exception was set with the reason.</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">NULL</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="n">assert</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">expected</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">!=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">);</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Impossible per the API definition.</span>
<span class="kt">uint8_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">bignum</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">malloc</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">expected</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">!</span><span class="n">bignum</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">PyErr_SetString</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">PyExc_MemoryError</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;bignum malloc failed.&quot;</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">NULL</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="c1">// Safely get the entire value.</span>
<span class="n">Py_ssize_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">bytes</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">PyLong_AsNativeBytes</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pylong</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">bignum</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">expected</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">-1</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">bytes</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Exception has been set.</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">free</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">bignum</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">NULL</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="k">else</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">bytes</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">expected</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// This should not be possible.</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">PyErr_SetString</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">PyExc_RuntimeError</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;Unexpected bignum truncation after a size check.&quot;</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">free</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">bignum</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">NULL</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="c1">// The expected success given the above pre-check.</span>
<span class="c1">// ... use bignum ...</span>
<span class="n">free</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">bignum</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p><em>flags</em> is either <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_DEFAULTS</span></code>) to select defaults
that behave most like a C cast, or a combination of the other flags in
the table below.
Note that <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> cannot be combined with other flags.</p>
<p>Currently, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> corresponds to
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_NATIVE_ENDIAN</span> <span class="pre">|</span> <span class="pre">Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_UNSIGNED_BUFFER</span></code>.</p>
<table class="docutils align-default">
<thead>
<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head"><p>Flag</p></th>
<th class="head"><p>Value</p></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="row-even"><td><dl class="c macro">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_DEFAULTS">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_DEFAULTS</span></span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_DEFAULTS" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
</td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code></p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><dl class="c macro">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_BIG_ENDIAN">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_BIG_ENDIAN</span></span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_BIG_ENDIAN" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
</td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code></p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><dl class="c macro">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_LITTLE_ENDIAN">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_LITTLE_ENDIAN</span></span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_LITTLE_ENDIAN" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
</td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">1</span></code></p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><dl class="c macro">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_NATIVE_ENDIAN">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_NATIVE_ENDIAN</span></span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_NATIVE_ENDIAN" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
</td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">3</span></code></p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><dl class="c macro">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_UNSIGNED_BUFFER">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_UNSIGNED_BUFFER</span></span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_UNSIGNED_BUFFER" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
</td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">4</span></code></p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><dl class="c macro">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_REJECT_NEGATIVE">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_REJECT_NEGATIVE</span></span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_REJECT_NEGATIVE" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
</td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">8</span></code></p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><dl class="c macro">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_ALLOW_INDEX">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_ALLOW_INDEX</span></span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_ALLOW_INDEX" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
</td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">16</span></code></p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Specifying <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_NATIVE_ENDIAN</span></code> will override any other endian
flags. Passing <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">2</span></code> is reserved.</p>
<p>By default, sufficient buffer will be requested to include a sign bit.
For example, when converting 128 with <em>n_bytes=1</em>, the function will return
2 (or more) in order to store a zero sign bit.</p>
<p>If <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_UNSIGNED_BUFFER</span></code> is specified, a zero sign bit
will be omitted from size calculations. This allows, for example, 128 to fit
in a single-byte buffer. If the destination buffer is later treated as
signed, a positive input value may become negative.
Note that the flag does not affect handling of negative values: for those,
space for a sign bit is always requested.</p>
<p>Specifying <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_REJECT_NEGATIVE</span></code> causes an exception to be set
if <em>pylong</em> is negative. Without this flag, negative values will be copied
provided there is enough space for at least one sign bit, regardless of
whether <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_UNSIGNED_BUFFER</span></code> was specified.</p>
<p>If <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_ALLOW_INDEX</span></code> is specified and a non-integer value is
passed, its <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__index__" title="object.__index__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__index__()</span></code></a> method will be called first. This may
result in Python code executing and other threads being allowed to run, which
could cause changes to other objects or values in use. When <em>flags</em> is
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code>, this option is not set, and non-integer values will raise
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#TypeError" title="TypeError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TypeError</span></code></a>.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>With the default <em>flags</em> (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code>, or <em>UNSIGNED_BUFFER</em> without
<em>REJECT_NEGATIVE</em>), multiple Python integers can map to a single value
without overflow. For example, both <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">255</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> fit a single-byte
buffer and set all its bits.
This matches typical C cast behavior.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.13.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_GetInfo">
<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_GetInfo</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">void</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_GetInfo" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>On success, return a read only <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-named-tuple"><span class="xref std std-term">named tuple</span></a>, that holds
information about Pythons internal representation of integers.
See <a class="reference internal" href="../library/sys.html#sys.int_info" title="sys.int_info"><code class="xref py py-data docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.int_info</span></code></a> for description of individual fields.</p>
<p>On failure, return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code> with an exception set.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.1.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyUnstable_Long_IsCompact">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyUnstable_Long_IsCompact</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="k"><span class="pre">const</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">op</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyUnstable_Long_IsCompact" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><div class="unstable-c-api warning admonition">
<em>This is <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#unstable-c-api"><span class="std std-ref">Unstable API</span></a>. It may change without warning in minor releases.</em></div>
<p>Return 1 if <em>op</em> is compact, 0 otherwise.</p>
<p>This function makes it possible for performance-critical code to implement
a “fast path” for small integers. For compact values use
<a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyUnstable_Long_CompactValue" title="PyUnstable_Long_CompactValue"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyUnstable_Long_CompactValue()</span></code></a>; for others fall back to a
<a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLong_AsSize_t" title="PyLong_AsSize_t"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLong_As*</span></code></a> function or
<a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLong_AsNativeBytes" title="PyLong_AsNativeBytes"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsNativeBytes()</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>The speedup is expected to be negligible for most users.</p>
<p>Exactly what values are considered compact is an implementation detail
and is subject to change.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.12.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyUnstable_Long_CompactValue">
<a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#c.Py_ssize_t" title="Py_ssize_t"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Py_ssize_t</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyUnstable_Long_CompactValue</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="k"><span class="pre">const</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">op</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyUnstable_Long_CompactValue" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><div class="unstable-c-api warning admonition">
<em>This is <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#unstable-c-api"><span class="std std-ref">Unstable API</span></a>. It may change without warning in minor releases.</em></div>
<p>If <em>op</em> is compact, as determined by <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyUnstable_Long_IsCompact" title="PyUnstable_Long_IsCompact"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyUnstable_Long_IsCompact()</span></code></a>,
return its value.</p>
<p>Otherwise, the return value is undefined.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.12.</span></p>
</div>
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