random.sample raises OverflowError

[sky3141]

sys.maxsize():

An integer giving the maximum value a variable of type Py_ssize_t can take. It’s usually 2**31 - 1 on a 32-bit platform and 2**63 - 1 on a 64-bit platform.

Look also at PEP237 - Unifying Long Integers and Integers

Thanks for your help. The documentation of range also explained the problem.

Ranges containing absolute values larger than sys.maxsize are permitted but some features (such as len()) may raise OverflowError.