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Author	stutzbach
Recipients	stutzbach
Date	2010-05-08.06:15:18
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I noticed that in longobject.c, there are a few spots that take the absolute value of an int before comparing the int to 0. There's no -0 for C integers, so the absolute value isn't necessary. I traced back through the commit history, and it looks like they're an artifact of the original one's-complement longobject.c (which COULD have -0). longobject was switched to two's-complement in 1992. ;-)

I noticed that in longobject.c, there are a few spots that take the absolute value of an int before comparing the int to 0.  There's no -0 for C integers, so the absolute value isn't necessary.

I traced back through the commit history, and it looks like they're an artifact of the original one's-complement longobject.c (which COULD have -0).  longobject was switched to two's-complement in 1992. ;-)

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