Message 105217 - Python tracker

Message105217

Author	pitrou
Recipients	loewis, pitrou, vstinner
Date	2010-05-07.17:24:54
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Message-id	<1273253096.48.0.301498355728.issue8651@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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When PY_SSIZE_T isn't defined and a format such as "s#" receives an object whose length fits in a Py_ssize_t but not in an int, the buffer length is silently truncated: >>> s = 'x' * (4 * 1024**3 + 100) >>> t = zlib.compress(s, 1) >>> len(t) 12 >>> len(zlib.decompress(t)) 100 (from issue8650)

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When PY_SSIZE_T isn't defined and a format such as "s#" receives an object whose length fits in a Py_ssize_t but not in an int, the buffer length is silently truncated:

>>> s = 'x' * (4 * 1024**3 + 100)
>>> t = zlib.compress(s, 1)
>>> len(t)
12
>>> len(zlib.decompress(t))
100

(from issue8650)

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Date	User	Action	Args
2010-05-07 17:24:56	pitrou	set	recipients: + pitrou, loewis, vstinner
2010-05-07 17:24:56	pitrou	set	messageid: <1273253096.48.0.301498355728.issue8651@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2010-05-07 17:24:54	pitrou	link	issue8651 messages
2010-05-07 17:24:54	pitrou	create