Use ctypes.c_long to get the native long type on all platforms; fixes 32-bit TimeStamp hashcode

CHANGES.rst

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 4.0.10 (unreleased)
 -------------------
 
-- TBD
+- Fix the hashcode of the Python ``TimeStamp`` on 32-bit platforms.
 
 4.0.9 (2015-04-08)
 ------------------

persistent/tests/test_timestamp.py

@@ -253,6 +253,36 @@ def test_hash_equal(self):
         c, py = self._make_C_and_Py(*self.now_ts_args)
         self.assertEqual(hash(c), hash(py))
 
+    def test_py_hash_32_64_bit(self):
+        # We happen to know that on a 32-bit platform, the hashcode
+        # of the c version should be exactly
+        # -1419374591
+        # and the 64-bit should be exactly:
+        #
+        # Fake out the python version to think it's on a 32-bit
+        # platform and test the same
+        bit_32_hash = -1419374591
+        bit_64_hash = -3850693964765720575
+        import persistent.timestamp
+        import ctypes
+        orig_c_long = persistent.timestamp.c_long
+        try:
+            persistent.timestamp.c_long = ctypes.c_int32
+            py = self._makePy(*self.now_ts_args)
+            self.assertEqual(hash(py), bit_32_hash)
+
+            persistent.timestamp.c_long = ctypes.c_int64
+            self.assertEqual(hash(py), bit_64_hash)
+        finally:
+            persistent.timestamp.c_long = orig_c_long
+
+        if orig_c_long is ctypes.c_int32:
+            self.assertEqual(py.__hash__(), bit_32_hash)
+        elif orig_c_long is ctypes.c_int64:
+            self.assertEqual(py.__hash__(), bit_64_hash)
+        else:
+            self.fail("Unknown bitness")
+
     def test_hash_equal_constants(self):
         # The simple constants make it easier to diagnose
         # a difference in algorithms

persistent/timestamp.py

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 ##############################################################################
 __all__ = ('TimeStamp',)
 
-from ctypes import c_int64
+from ctypes import c_long
 import datetime
 import math
 import struct
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def __hash__(self):
 
         # Make sure to overflow and wraparound just
         # like the C code does.
-        x = c_int64(x).value
+        x = c_long(x).value
         if x == -1: #pragma: no cover
             # The C version has this condition, but it's not clear
             # why; it's also not immediately obvious what bytestring