Concatenation on a long string breaks (SF #1526585).
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_bigaddrspace.py b/Lib/test/test_bigaddrspace.py
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+++ b/Lib/test/test_bigaddrspace.py
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+from test import test_support
+from test.test_support import bigaddrspacetest, MAX_Py_ssize_t
+
+import unittest
+import operator
+import sys
+
+
+class StrTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    @bigaddrspacetest
+    def test_concat(self):
+        s1 = 'x' * MAX_Py_ssize_t
+        self.assertRaises(OverflowError, operator.add, s1, '?')
+
+    @bigaddrspacetest
+    def test_optimized_concat(self):
+        x = 'x' * MAX_Py_ssize_t
+        try:
+            x = x + '?'     # this statement uses a fast path in ceval.c
+        except OverflowError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            self.fail("should have raised OverflowError")
+        try:
+            x += '?'        # this statement uses a fast path in ceval.c
+        except OverflowError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            self.fail("should have raised OverflowError")
+        self.assertEquals(len(x), MAX_Py_ssize_t)
+
+    ### the following test is pending a patch
+    #   (http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-July/067774.html)
+    #@bigaddrspacetest
+    #def test_repeat(self):
+    #    self.assertRaises(OverflowError, operator.mul, 'x', MAX_Py_ssize_t + 1)
+
+
+def test_main():
+    test_support.run_unittest(StrTest)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+        test_support.set_memlimit(sys.argv[1])
+    test_main()