Commit d81e9a1b authored by Georg Brandl's avatar Georg Brandl

#1571: clarify removal of ``L`` suffix from long int repr.

parent e6725386
......@@ -143,8 +143,9 @@ changes to rarely used features.)
* ``1/2`` returns a float. Use ``1//2`` to get the truncating behavior.
* Code that unconditionally strips the trailing ``L`` from the ``repr()``
of a long integer will chop off the last digit instead.
* The ``repr()`` of a long integer doesn't include the trailing ``L``
anymore, so code that unconditionally strips that character will
chop off the last digit instead.
Strings and Bytes
......@@ -242,7 +243,8 @@ language and built-in functions.
* PEP 237: ``long`` renamed to ``int``. That is, there is only one
built-in integral type, named ``int``; but it behaves like the old
``long`` type.
``long`` type, with the exception that the literal suffix ``L`` is
neither supported by the parser nor produced by ``repr()`` anymore.
* PEP 238: int division returns a float.
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