[Python-checkins] r77706 - python/trunk/Lib/test/test_re.py

[ezio.melotti]

Author: ezio.melotti
Date: Sat Jan 23 11:43:05 2010
New Revision: 77706

Log:
Increased the overflow value on test_dealloc to make sure that it is big enough even for wide builds.

Modified:
   python/trunk/Lib/test/test_re.py

Modified: python/trunk/Lib/test/test_re.py
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Lib/test/test_re.py	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Lib/test/test_re.py	Sat Jan 23 11:43:05 2010
@@ -706,7 +706,11 @@
     def test_dealloc(self):
         # issue 3299: check for segfault in debug build
         import _sre
-        long_overflow = sys.maxsize + 2
+        # the overflow limit is different on wide and narrow builds and it
+        # depends on the definition of SRE_CODE (see sre.h).
+        # 2**128 should be big enough to overflow on both. For smaller values
+        # a RuntimeError is raised instead of OverflowError.
+        long_overflow = 2**128
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, re.finditer, "a", {})
         self.assertRaises(OverflowError, _sre.compile, "abc", 0, [long_overflow])