Bug in timsort!?

[Paddy]

On Wednesday, 25 February 2015 00:08:32 UTC, Chris Angelico  wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Skip Montanaro
> <skip.mon-- at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Even if/when we get to the point where machines can hold an array of
> > 2**49 elements, I suspect people won't be using straight Python to
> > wrangle them.
> 
<<snip>>
> 
> Would it be sufficient to stick a comment into the source saying "This
> may have problems with lists in excess of 2**49 elements", and leave
> it until that's actually likely to happen?
> 
> ChrisA

If we are given a proven fix with little downside then if we are to touch the source then we should MAKE THE FIX. To do otherwise would send the wrong signal to those that depend on the perceived integrity of the C-Python developers.