Issue #24514: tarfile now tolerates number fields consisting of only whitespace.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
index ff3265f..a92d371 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
@@ -1566,6 +1566,14 @@
tarinfo.tobuf(tarfile.PAX_FORMAT)
+class MiscTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+ def test_read_number_fields(self):
+ # Issue 24514: Test if empty number fields are converted to zero.
+ self.assertEqual(tarfile.nti("\0"), 0)
+ self.assertEqual(tarfile.nti(" \0"), 0)
+
+
class ContextManagerTest(unittest.TestCase):
def test_basic(self):
@@ -1730,6 +1738,7 @@
PaxUnicodeTest,
AppendTest,
LimitsTest,
+ MiscTest,
ContextManagerTest,
]