Can anyone confirm this modulefinder bug?

[Thomas Heller]

"Roger Binns" <rogerb at rogerbinns.com> writes:

> - Create foo.py
>
> # -*- coding: mbcs -*-
> "string"
> var1="1.2.3.4"
> var2=0x123345
>
> - Do this at a python prompt
>
>> > > import modulefinder
>> > > m=modulefinder.ModuleFinder()
>> > > m.run_script("foo.py")
>
> You then get a traceback with a MemoryError (sorry I can't paste
> the traceback due to this being via display protocol that doesn't
> support the clipboard).
>
> I get this on Linux for sure and believe it is also being seen on Mac.
> The issue does not occur on Windows.

Yes, I can confirm this (Python 2.3+, linux x86).
The problem appears to be this:

>>> compile("# -*- coding: mbcs -*-", "<string>", "exec")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
MemoryError
>>> 

Thomas