changeset:   100171:cfb77ccdc23a
user:        Yury Selivanov <yselivanov@sprymix.com>
date:        Sat Feb 06 12:21:33 2016 -0500
files:       Objects/longobject.c
description:
Issue #26288: Fix comment


diff -r 0c0a531fd269 -r cfb77ccdc23a Objects/longobject.c
--- a/Objects/longobject.c	Fri Feb 05 19:37:47 2016 -0800
+++ b/Objects/longobject.c	Sat Feb 06 12:21:33 2016 -0500
@@ -2770,9 +2770,9 @@
         return -1.0;
     }
     if (Py_ABS(Py_SIZE(v)) <= 1) {
-        /* Fast path; single digit will always fit decimal.
-           This improves performance of FP/long operations by at
-           least 20%. This is even visible on macro-benchmarks.
+        /* Fast path; single digit long (31 bits) will cast safely
+	   to double.  This improves performance of FP/long operations
+	   by 20%.
         */
         return (double)MEDIUM_VALUE((PyLongObject *)v);
     }