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authorStefan Krah <skrah@bytereef.org>2020-02-23 14:36:54 +0100
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2020-02-23 14:36:54 +0100
commitb76518d43fb82ed9e5d27025d18c90a23d525c90 (patch)
treeca7dbecb150472d1b62c5b25e00fa636ddd8ecc7
parent559e7f165ad03731e6bc2211c0e6d8d9c02fb549 (diff)
downloadcpython-git-b76518d43fb82ed9e5d27025d18c90a23d525c90.tar.gz
bpo-39576: Clarify the word size for the 32-bit build. (#18616)
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/decimal.rst4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/decimal.rst b/Doc/library/decimal.rst
index 2a51429bdf..4e640cc695 100644
--- a/Doc/library/decimal.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/decimal.rst
@@ -2155,8 +2155,8 @@ RAM and expect 10 simultaneous operands using a maximum of 500MB each::
>>> import sys
>>>
- >>> # Maximum number of digits for a single operand using 500MB in 8 byte words
- >>> # with 19 (9 for the 32-bit version) digits per word:
+ >>> # Maximum number of digits for a single operand using 500MB in 8-byte words
+ >>> # with 19 digits per word (4-byte and 9 digits for the 32-bit build):
>>> maxdigits = 19 * ((500 * 1024**2) // 8)
>>>
>>> # Check that this works: