Argh. "integer" is a very confusing word ;)

Actually, checking for INT_MAX and INT_MIN is correct since
the format code explicitly handles a C "int".

Misc/NEWS

@@ -213,9 +213,6 @@ What's New in Python 2.5 alpha 2?
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
-- Bug #1502750: Check bounds integer arguments correctly on 64-bit
-  platforms.
-
 - Bug #1465834: 'bdist_wininst preinstall script support' was fixed
   by converting these apis from macros into exported functions again:
 

Python/getargs.c

@@ -624,12 +624,12 @@ convertsimple(PyObject *arg, const char **p_format, va_list *p_va, int flags,
 		ival = PyInt_AsLong(arg);
 		if (ival == -1 && PyErr_Occurred())
 			return converterr("integer<i>", arg, msgbuf, bufsize);
-		else if (ival > LONG_MAX) {
+		else if (ival > INT_MAX) {
 			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError,
 				"signed integer is greater than maximum");
 			return converterr("integer<i>", arg, msgbuf, bufsize);
 		}
-		else if (ival < LONG_MIN) {
+		else if (ival < INT_MIN) {
 			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError,
 				"signed integer is less than minimum");
 			return converterr("integer<i>", arg, msgbuf, bufsize);