benjamin peterson mfphjffbrfsvyrjfgmailcom wed apr 30 2008 641 pm guido van rossum wrote ive come across situations len raising exception inconvenient returning truncated value eg printing cases shouldnt explicit catch overflow exception use sysmaxsize didnt find rationale im sure pbp though whats pbp search turns bicycle race cheers benjamin peterson _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom fri 08 aug 2008 004952 0500 python3000 range issues