marshal.c r_long64: When reading a TYPE_INT64 value on a box with 32-bit

ints, convert to PyLong (rather than throwing away the high-order 32 bits).

Lib/test/test_marshal.py

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+from test_support import TestFailed
+import marshal
+import sys
+
+# XXX Much more needed here.
+
+# Test the full range of Python ints.
+n = sys.maxint
+while n:
+    for expected in (-n, n):
+        s = marshal.dumps(expected)
+        got = marshal.loads(s)
+        if expected != got:
+            raise TestFailed("for int %d, marshal string is %r, loaded "
+                             "back as %d" % (expected, s, got))
+    n = n >> 1
+
+# Simulate int marshaling on a 64-bit box.  This is most interesting if
+# we're running the test on a 32-bit box, of course.
+
+def to_little_endian_string(value, nbytes):
+    bytes = []
+    for i in range(nbytes):
+        bytes.append(chr(value & 0xff))
+        value >>= 8
+    return ''.join(bytes)
+
+maxint64 = (1L << 63) - 1
+minint64 = -maxint64-1
+
+for base in maxint64, minint64, -maxint64, -(minint64 >> 1):
+    while base:
+        s = 'I' + to_little_endian_string(base, 8)
+        got = marshal.loads(s)
+        if base != got:
+            raise TestFailed("for int %d, simulated marshal string is %r, "
+                             "loaded back as %d" % (base, s, got))
+        if base == -1:  # a fixed-point for shifting right 1
+            base = 0
+        else:
+            base >>= 1

Misc/NEWS

@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ Core
 
 Library
 
++ pickle, cPickle and marshal on 32-bit platforms can now correctly read
+  dumps containing ints written on platforms where Python ints are 8 bytes.
+  When read on a box where Python ints are 4 bytes, such values are
+  converted to Python longs.
+
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Python/marshal.c

@@ -342,23 +342,35 @@ r_long(RFILE *p)
 	return x;
 }
 
-static long
+/* r_long64 deals with the TYPE_INT64 code.  On a machine with
+   sizeof(long) > 4, it returns a Python int object, else a Python long
+   object.  Note that w_long64 writes out TYPE_INT if 32 bits is enough,
+   so there's no inefficiency here in returning a PyLong on 32-bit boxes
+   for everything written via TYPE_INT64 (i.e., if an int is written via
+   TYPE_INT64, it *needs* more than 32 bits).
+*/
+static PyObject *
 r_long64(RFILE *p)
 {
-	register long x;
+	long lo4 = r_long(p);
-	x = r_long(p);
+	long hi4 = r_long(p);
 #if SIZEOF_LONG > 4
-	x = (x & 0xFFFFFFFFL) | (r_long(p) << 32);
+	long x = (hi4 << 32) | (lo4 & 0xFFFFFFFFL);
+	return PyInt_FromLong(x);
 #else
-	if (r_long(p) != 0) {
+	unsigned char buf[8];
-		PyObject *f = PySys_GetObject("stderr");
+	int one = 1;
-		if (f != NULL)
+	int is_little_endian = (int)*(char*)&one;
-			(void) PyFile_WriteString(
+	if (is_little_endian) {
-			    "Warning: un-marshal 64-bit int in 32-bit mode\n",
+		memcpy(buf, &lo4, 4);
-			    f);
+		memcpy(buf+4, &hi4, 4);
 	}
+	else {
+		memcpy(buf, &hi4, 4);
+		memcpy(buf+4, &lo4, 4);
+	}
+	return _PyLong_FromByteArray(buf, 8, is_little_endian, 1);
 #endif
-	return x;
 }
 
 static PyObject *
@@ -394,7 +406,7 @@ r_object(RFILE *p)
 		return PyInt_FromLong(r_long(p));
 
 	case TYPE_INT64:
-		return PyInt_FromLong(r_long64(p));
+		return r_long64(p);
 
 	case TYPE_LONG:
 		{