Re: python number handling - tiny encryption algorithm

Kinsley Turner <kingsleyturner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> In my version, I end up with hugely long integers, which have obviously
> not be constrained into the 4-byte unsigned longs that TEA is expecting.

Yeah, Python promotes to long int now. The simplest way to do the
32-bit arithmetic you need is probably with the array module.
.

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