Techzine Europe

Python Foundation declines substantial grant

The Python Software Foundation (PSF) is withdrawing its application for a $1.5 million (€1.3 million) grant from the US ...
Ars Technica

Integer division in Python 3

It might have to do with Python 3 removing the classic int type and moving all int operations to longs. If you compare Python2's Objects/intobject.c's i_divmod() function to Python3's ...

Python Software Foundation turns down $1.5 million NSF grant because of the anti-DEI strings attached.

A PSF proposal to address vulnerabilities in Python and PyPi was recommended for funding, but it was declined because the terms barred “any programs that advance or promote DEI, or discriminatory ...

Python Foundation goes ride or DEI, rejects government grant with strings attached

The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has walked away from a $1.5 million government grant and you can blame the Trump ...
GitHub

Python SWIG_FromCharPtrAndSize limits strings to size INT_MAX instead of SIZE_MAX

When building wrappers for functions that return std::string, a check is made to see if the string is larger than INT_MAX. Strings in Python and C++ can be larger than this. When returning very long ...
GitHub

sys.set_int_max_str_digits ValueError Message is Inaccurate

Passing 639 raises the ValueError, so 640 is the lower limit as documented: "The lowest limit that can be configured is 640 digits as provided in sys.int_info.str_digits_check_threshold.