From f663b2c56a2eecc258d2abd54ed33836d070e6f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Eibl <138194463+chris-eibl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:06:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] GH-131296: Avoid invalid signed char comparison in getpath.c
 assertion (GH-131594)

---
 Modules/getpath.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Modules/getpath.c b/Modules/getpath.c
index e2478da021f..1e75993480a 100644
--- a/Modules/getpath.c
+++ b/Modules/getpath.c
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ env_to_dict(PyObject *dict, const char *key, int and_clear)
     // Quick convert to wchar_t, since we know key is ASCII
     wchar_t *wp = wkey;
     for (const char *p = &key[4]; *p; ++p) {
-        assert(*p < 128);
+        assert(!(*p & 0x80));
         *wp++ = *p;
     }
     *wp = L'\0';