Fix test_limitations(). The match there is *expected* to raise
RuntimeError.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_re.py b/Lib/test/test_re.py
index d116c6d..51ab02d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_re.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_re.py
@@ -179,7 +179,12 @@
def test_limitations(self):
# Try nasty case that overflows the straightforward recursive
# implementation of repeated groups.
- self.assertEqual(re.match('(x)*', 50000*'x').span(), (0, 50000))
+ try:
+ re.match('(x)*', 50000*'x')
+ except RuntimeError, v:
+ self.assertEqual(str(v), "maximum recursion limit exceeded")
+ else:
+ self.fail("re.match('(x)*', 50000*'x') should have failed")
def run_re_tests():
from test.re_tests import benchmarks, tests, SUCCEED, FAIL, SYNTAX_ERROR