[New-bugs-announce] [issue16592] stringlib_bytes_join doesn't raise MemoryError on allocation failure

[Antoine Pitrou]

New submission from Antoine Pitrou:

>>> l = [b''] * (100*1024*1024)
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>>> d = b''.join(l)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
SystemError: error return without exception set

(you'll have to adjust the list size based on your system memory size)

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components: Interpreter Core
keywords: easy
messages: 176767
nosy: pitrou
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: needs patch
status: open
title: stringlib_bytes_join doesn't raise MemoryError on allocation failure
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.4

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