Python numeric objects are basically numbers. With the exception of Booleans, the numeric types of int, long, float, and complex are all signed, meaning they can be positive or negative. A Boolean is a subclass of the integer, which can be one of two values: 1 for True, and 0 for False. The rest of the numeric types are differentiated by how precisely they can represent the number; for example, int are whole numbers with a limited range while long are whole numbers with unlimited range. Floats are numbers using the double-precision representation (64-bit) on the machine.
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