[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-430849 ] binascii.a2b_base64(""): internal error

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Bugs item #430849, was updated on 2001-06-06 14:29
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Category: Extension Modules
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Peter Schneider-Kamp (nowonder)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: binascii.a2b_base64(""): internal error

Initial Comment:
On trying to decode an empty string with
binascii.a2b_base64 a SystemError is encountered:

>>> binascii.a2b_base64("")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
SystemError: Objects/stringobject.c:2589: bad argument
to internal function

The function that raises the SystemError is
_PyString_Resize of stringobject.c fame.

A quick&dirty fix is attached.

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