New submission from swanson: On Python 3, but not Python 2, you crash with a Segmentation Fault instead of getting a MemoryError as expected. It seems to only be a problem with bytearray, not with other things like tuple:
$ python3 Python 3.4.0 (default, Apr 11 2014, 13:05:18) [GCC 4.8.2] on linux Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> bytearray(0x7FFFFFFF) Segmentation fault (core dumped) $ compare to: $ python Python 2.7.6 (default, Mar 22 2014, 22:59:38) [GCC 4.8.2] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> bytearray(0x7FFFFFFF) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> MemoryError >>> $ python3 Python 3.4.0 (default, Apr 11 2014, 13:05:18) [GCC 4.8.2] on linux Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> (0,)*0x7FFFFFFF Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> MemoryError >>> ---------- messages: 226356 nosy: swanson priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Python 3: Segfault instead of MemoryError when bytearray too big type: crash versions: Python 3.4 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue22335> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
