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Patch for bug #659709: bogus computation of float length

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Python 2.2.x backport candidate. (This bug has been around since
Python 1.6.)
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Marc-André Lemburg 2002-12-29 19:44:06 +00:00
parent bbfb910416
commit 79f57833f3
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Lib/test/test_string.py
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@ -57,3 +57,29 @@ string_tests.run_inplace_tests(str)
string.whitespace
string.lowercase
string.uppercase
# Float formatting
for prec in range(100):
formatstring = u'%%.%if' % prec
value = 0.01
for x in range(60):
value = value * 3.141592655 / 3.0 * 10.0
#print 'Overflow check for x=%i and prec=%i:' % \
# (x, prec),
try:
result = formatstring % value
except OverflowError:
# The formatfloat() code in stringobject.c and
# unicodeobject.c uses a 120 byte buffer and switches from
# 'f' formatting to 'g' at precision 50, so we expect
# OverflowErrors for the ranges x < 50 and prec >= 67.
if x >= 50 or \
prec < 67:
print '*** unexpected OverflowError for x=%i and prec=%i' % (x, prec)
else:
#print 'OverflowError'
pass
else:
#print result
pass