backport theller's checkin of

    revision 1.3 of test_marshal.py

Fix SF 588452: debug build crashes on marshal.dumps([128] * 1000).
See there for a description.

Added test case.

Bugfix candidate for 2.2.x, not sure about previous versions:
probably low priority, because virtually no one runs debug builds.

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_marshal.py b/Lib/test/test_marshal.py
index 38b3cd4698c6bdf81f701f68d801ae54533ebda6..753f5d5ee7173943c6e772cce73e8dac6ae6f776 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/test/test_marshal.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_marshal.py
@@ -39,3 +39,6 @@ for base in maxint64, minint64, -maxint64, -(minint64 >> 1):
             base = 0
         else:
             base >>= 1
+
+# Simple-minded check for SF 588452: Debug build crashes
+marshal.dumps([128] * 1000)