[Python-Dev] test_builtin failing? or just 64-bit platforms

[Jeremy Hylton]

>>>>> "TP" == Tim Peters <tim.one@home.com> writes:

  TP> [Jeremy Hylton]
  >> The uses of PyOS_snprintf() in sysmodule.c actually checks the
  >> return value.  It always checked the sprintf() returned value and
  >> triggered a Py_FatalError() if the return value was too big.  I
  >> changed it to print a warning message that the output was
  >> truncated.

  TP> The test appeared off on both ends to me, so I fiddled this
  TP> code.  Please check the new version against your vision of
  TP> sanity (my vision: there's nothing special about -1: any return
  TP> value < 0 is a problem; and there's also a problem if the return
  TP> value equals the buffer size, since the return value is
  TP> exclusive of the \0 byte).

Definitely correct on the latter.  Sensibly conservative on the
former.  The Linux man pages are silent on negative return values
other than -1.  Thanks for the fixes.

Jeremy