Message12035

I looked at the new version. There might be a configuration where the call to positiveSign actually does something, which might result now in something like +-2147483648. The version I suggested earlier, i.e.
number = value == Integer.MIN_VALUE ? "2147483648" : Integer.toString(-value);
appears safer to me (and more explicit).

> I guess looking up a function in the globals is faster in Jython for what that's worth.
I'm convinced that Jython can be potentially faster than CPython, obviously because of the JIT. It's a question of identifying the performance flaws in the current impementation.