Revert 60793 for test_array; on a 64-bit system,
MemoryError was not guaranteed.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_array.py b/Lib/test/test_array.py
index a665bac..597f3b2 100755
--- a/Lib/test/test_array.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_array.py
@@ -975,23 +975,6 @@
class DoubleTest(FPTest):
typecode = 'd'
minitemsize = 8
-
- def test_alloc_overflow(self):
- a = array.array('d', [-1]*65536)
- try:
- a *= 65536
- except MemoryError:
- pass
- else:
- self.fail("a *= 2**16 didn't raise MemoryError")
- b = array.array('d', [ 2.71828183, 3.14159265, -1])
- try:
- b * 1431655766
- except MemoryError:
- pass
- else:
- self.fail("a * 1431655766 didn't raise MemoryError")
-
tests.append(DoubleTest)
def test_main(verbose=None):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index d5efce7..ac96e21 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
-----------------
- Fix deallocation of array objects when allocation ran out of memory.
+ Remove array test case that was incorrect on 64-bit systems.
What's New in Python 2.5.2c1?