[Pythonmac-SIG] 64-bit Python?

[Boyd Waters]

On May 29, 2008, at 2:53 PM, Frank Schima wrote:

> I have the latest Mac Pro with 10.5.3. I ran the sys.maxint test and  
> got the 32-bit result. I tried both the Apple python and the  
> MacPorts python 2.5.2.


The MacPorts 2.5.2 doesn't have my 64-bit hacks in it. I'm not sure  
what the consequences of 64-bit Python will be with respect to other  
Python packages, so I haven't committed the changes. And I ran into a  
problem compiling this on Tiger with GNU (non-Apple-patched) GCC 4.2.1.

But it's really 64-bit Python here, I think:

  $ /usr/bin/python -c 'import sys; print sys.maxint'
2147483647

  $ /opt/casa/core2-apple-darwin9/3rd-party/bin/python -c 'import sys;  
print sys.maxint'
9223372036854775807


Here's the MacPorts port:

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You might unpack this thing into your MacPorts tree like this:

tar xjvf ~/Downloads/python25.tbz -C $(port dir python25)/..

and then do a port update python25

... but I haven't tested that path.

I can post a binary on a web site if anyone is interested in testing  
this; it's a quad-architecture Framework build.

Be careful out there...


   - boyd


Boyd Waters
Scientific Programmer
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Socorro, New Mexico