The Slice built‑in types are mapped to Python types as shown in
Table 18.1.
Although Python supports arbitrary precision in its integer types, the Ice run time validates integer values to ensure they have valid ranges for their declared Slice types.
String values returned as the result of a Slice operation (including return values, out parameters, and data members) are always represented as instances of Python’s 8-bit
string type. These string values contain UTF-8 encoded strings unless the program has installed a string converter, in which case string values use the converter’s native encoding instead. See
Section 28.23 for more information on string converters.