Python: Minimum size in bytes
Sep 2, 2021
Type code C Type Minimum size in bytes
'b' signed integer 1
'B' unsigned integer 1
'u' Unicode character 2 (see note)
'h' signed integer 2
'H' unsigned integer 2
'i' signed integer 2
'I' unsigned integer 2
'l' signed integer 4
'L' unsigned integer 4
'q' signed integer 8 (see note)
'Q' unsigned integer 8 (see note)
'f' floating point 4
'd' floating point 8NOTE: The 'u' typecode corresponds to Python's unicode character. On
narrow builds this is 2-bytes on wide builds this is 4-bytes.
NOTE: The 'q' and 'Q' type codes are only available if the platform
C compiler used to build Python supports 'long long', or, on Windows,
'__int64'.