Exercise crashers to ensure they are still covering known error cases

Lib/test/test_crashers.py

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Tests that the crashers in the Lib/test/crashers directory actually
+# do crash the interpreter as expected
+#
+# If a crasher is fixed, it should be moved elsewhere in the test suite to
+# ensure it continues to work correctly.
+
+import unittest
+import glob
+import os.path
+import test.support
+from test.script_helper import assert_python_failure
+
+CRASHER_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "crashers")
+CRASHER_FILES = os.path.join(CRASHER_DIR, "*.py")
+
+infinite_loops = ["infinite_loop_re.py", "nasty_eq_vs_dict.py"]
+
+class CrasherTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    @test.support.cpython_only
+    def test_crashers_crash(self):
+        for fname in glob.glob(CRASHER_FILES):
+            if os.path.basename(fname) in infinite_loops:
+                continue
+            # Some "crashers" only trigger an exception rather than a
+            # segfault. Consider that an acceptable outcome.
+            assert_python_failure(fname)
+
+
+def test_main():
+    test.support.run_unittest(CrasherTest)
+    test.support.reap_children()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    test_main()