Add explicit check for correct next character in format at end of
format.  This will complain about illegal formats like "O#" instead of
ignoring the '#'.
diff --git a/Python/getargs.c b/Python/getargs.c
index f166921..7931b33 100644
--- a/Python/getargs.c
+++ b/Python/getargs.c
@@ -256,6 +256,13 @@
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}
+
+	if (*format != '\0' && !isalpha(*format) &&
+	    *format != '|' && *format != ':' && *format != ';') {
+		PyErr_Format(PyExc_SystemError,
+			     "bad format string: %s", formatsave);
+		return 0;
+	}
 	
 	return 1;
 }