Integer Objects

All integers are implemented as “long” integer objects of arbitrary size.

On error, most PyLong_As* APIs return (return type)-1 which cannot be distinguished from a number. Use PyErr_Occurred() to disambiguate.

type PyLongObject

Part of the Stable ABI (as an opaque struct).

This subtype of PyObject represents a Python integer object.

PyTypeObject PyLong_Type

Part of the Stable ABI.

This instance of PyTypeObject represents the Python integer type. This is the same object as int in the Python layer.

int PyLong_Check(PyObject *p)

Return true if its argument is a PyLongObject or a subtype of PyLongObject. This function always succeeds.

int PyLong_CheckExact(PyObject *p)

Return true if its argument is a PyLongObject, but not a subtype of PyLongObject. This function always succeeds.

PyObject *PyLong_FromLong(long v)

Return value: New reference. Part of the Stable ABI.

Return a new PyLongObject object from v, or NULL on failure.

CPython implementation detail: CPython keeps an array of integer objects for all integers between -5 and 1024. When you create an int in that range you actually just get back a reference to the existing object.

PyObject *PyLong_FromUnsignedLong(unsigned long v)

Return value: New reference. Part of the Stable ABI.

Return a new PyLongObject object from a C unsigned long, or NULL on failure.

PyObject *PyLong_FromSsize_t(Py_ssize_t v)

Return value: New reference. Part of the Stable ABI.

Return a new PyLongObject object from a C Py_ssize_t, or NULL on failure.

PyObject *PyLong_FromSize_t(size_t v)

Return value: New reference. Part of the Stable ABI.

Return a new PyLongObject object from a C size_t, or NULL on failure.

PyObject *PyLong_FromLongLong(long long v)

Return value: New reference. Part of the Stable ABI.

Return a new PyLongObject object from a C long long, or NULL on failure.

PyObject *PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong(unsigned long long v)

Return value: New reference. Part of the Stable ABI.

Return a new PyLongObject object from a C unsigned long long, or NULL on failure.

PyObject *PyLong_FromInt32(int32_t value)

PyObject *PyLong_FromInt64(int64_t value)

Part of the Stable ABI since version 3.14.

Return a new PyLongObject object from a signed C int32_t or int64_t, or NULL with an exception set on failure.

Added in version 3.14.

PyObject *PyLong_FromUInt32(uint32_t value)

PyObject *PyLong_FromUInt64(uint64_t value)

Part of the Stable ABI since version 3.14.

Return a new PyLongObject object from an unsigned C uint32_t or uint64_t, or NULL with an exception set on failure.

Added in version 3.14.

PyObject *PyLong_FromDouble(double v)

Return value: New reference. Part of the Stable ABI.

Return a new PyLongObject object from the integer part of v, or NULL on failure.

PyObject *PyLong_FromString(const char *str, char **pend, int base)

Return value: New reference. Part of the Stable ABI.

Return a new PyLongObject based on the string value in str, which is interpreted according to the radix in base, or NULL on failure. If pend is non-NULL, *pend will point to the end of str on success or to the first character that could not be processed on error. If base is 0, str is interpreted using the Integer literals definition; in this case, leading zeros in a non-zero decimal number raises a ValueError. If base is not 0, it must be between 2 and 36, inclusive. Leading and trailing whitespace and single underscores after a base specifier and between digits are ignored. If there are no digits or str is not NULL-terminated following the digits and trailing whitespace, ValueError will be raised.

See also

PyLong_AsNativeBytes() and PyLong_FromNativeBytes() functions can be used to convert a PyLongObject to/from an array of bytes in base 256.

PyObject *PyLong_FromUnicodeObject(PyObject *u, int base)

Return value: New reference.

Convert a sequence of Unicode digits in the string u to a Python integer value.

Added in version 3.3.

PyObject *PyLong_FromVoidPtr(void *p)

Return value: New reference. Part of the Stable ABI.

Create a Python integer from the pointer p. The pointer value can be retrieved from the resulting value using PyLong_AsVoidPtr().

PyObject *PyLong_FromNativeBytes(const void *buffer, size_t n_bytes, int flags)

Part of the Stable ABI since version 3.14.

Create a Python integer from the value contained in the first n_bytes of buffer, interpreted as a two’s-complement signed number.

flags are as for PyLong_AsNativeBytes(). Passing -1 will select the native endian that CPython was compiled with and assume that the most-significant bit is a sign bit. Passing Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_UNSIGNED_BUFFER will produce the same result as calling PyLong_FromUnsignedNativeBytes(). Other flags are ignored.

Added in version 3.13.

PyObject *PyLong_FromUnsignedNativeBytes(const void *buffer, size_t n_bytes, int flags)

Part of the Stable ABI since version 3.14.

Create a Python integer from the value contained in the first n_bytes of buffer, interpreted as an unsigned number.

flags are as for PyLong_AsNativeBytes(). Passing -1 will select the native endian that CPython was compiled with and assume that the most-significant bit is not a sign bit. Flags other than endian are ignored.

Added in version 3.13.

PyLong_FromPid(pid)

Macro for creating a Python integer from a process identifier.

This can be defined as an alias to PyLong_FromLong() or PyLong_FromLongLong(), depending on the size of the system’s PID type.

Added in version 3.2.

long PyLong_AsLong(PyObject *obj)

Part of the Stable ABI.

Return a C long representation of obj. If obj is not an instance of PyLongObject, first call its __index__() method (if present) to convert it to a PyLongObject.

Raise OverflowError if the value of obj is out of range for a long.

Returns -1 on error. Use PyErr_Occurred() to disambiguate.

Changed in version 3.8: Use __index__() if available.

Changed in version 3.10: This function will no longer use __int__().

long PyLong_AS_LONG(PyObject *obj)

Exactly equivalent to the preferred PyLong_AsLong. In particular, it can fail with OverflowError or another exception.

Soft deprecated since version 3.14.

int PyLong_AsInt(PyObject *obj)

Part of the Stable ABI since version 3.13.

Similar to PyLong_AsLong(), but store the result in a C int instead of a C long.

Added in version 3.13.

long PyLong_AsLongAndOverflow(PyObject *obj, int *overflow)

Part of the Stable ABI.

Return a C long representation of obj. If obj is not an instance of PyLongObject, first call its __index__() method (if present) to convert it to a PyLongObject.

If the value of obj is greater than LONG_MAX or less than LONG_MIN, set *overflow to 1 or -1, respectively, and return -1; otherwise, set *overflow to 0. If any other exception occurs set *overflow to 0 and return -1 as usual.

Returns -1 on error. Use PyErr_Occurred() to disambiguate.

Changed in version 3.8: Use __index__() if available.

Changed in version 3.10: This function will no longer use __int__().

long long PyLong_AsLongLong(PyObject *obj)

Part of the Stable ABI.

Return a C long long representation of obj. If obj is not an instance of PyLongObject, first call its __index__() method (if present) to convert it to a PyLongObject.

Raise OverflowError if the value of obj is out of range for a long long.

Returns -1 on error. Use PyErr_Occurred() to disambiguate.

Changed in version 3.8: Use __index__() if available.

Changed in version 3.10: This function will no longer use __int__().