Simulating integer overflow in Python

Question

Python 2 has two integer datatypes int and long, and automatically converts between them as necessary, especially in order to avoid integer overflo

Answer 1

I think the basic idea is sound, but needs some tweaks:

1. your function doesn't overflow on sys.maxint+1, but it should;
2. sys.maxint can be exceeded several times over as a result of a single operation;
3. negative values below -sys.maxint-1 also need to be considered.

With this in mind, I came up with the following:

import sys

def int_overflow(val):
  if not -sys.maxint-1 <= val <= sys.maxint:
    val = (val + (sys.maxint + 1)) % (2 * (sys.maxint + 1)) - sys.maxint - 1
  return val