Add the test from issue 1704621 (the issue itself is already fixed here).
diff --git a/Lib/test/seq_tests.py b/Lib/test/seq_tests.py
index 18fb3b7..df29a33 100644
--- a/Lib/test/seq_tests.py
+++ b/Lib/test/seq_tests.py
@@ -306,6 +306,13 @@
self.assertEqual(self.type2test(s)*(-4), self.type2test([]))
self.assertEqual(id(s), id(s*1))
+ def test_bigrepeat(self):
+ x = self.type2test([0])
+ x *= 2**16
+ self.assertRaises(MemoryError, x.__mul__, 2**16)
+ if hasattr(x, '__imul__'):
+ self.assertRaises(MemoryError, x.__imul__, 2**16)
+
def test_subscript(self):
a = self.type2test([10, 11])
self.assertEqual(a.__getitem__(0L), 10)