Clear internal call error in 'L' format. Fixes #723201.
Backported to 2.4.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_capi.py b/Lib/test/test_capi.py
index 1dd2461..7196b7b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_capi.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_capi.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# Run the _testcapi module tests (tests for the Python/C API): by defn,
# these are all functions _testcapi exports whose name begins with 'test_'.
-import sys
+import sys, unittest
from test import test_support
import _testcapi
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@
raise test_support.TestFailed, \
"Couldn't find main thread correctly in the list"
+# Tests which use _testcapi helpers
+class OtherTests(unittest.TestCase):
+ def test_exc_L(self):
+ # This used to raise a SystemError(bad internal call)
+ self.assertRaises(TypeError, _testcapi.getargs_L, "String")
+
try:
_testcapi._test_thread_state
have_thread_state = True
@@ -46,3 +52,9 @@
import threading
t=threading.Thread(target=TestThreadState)
t.start()
+
+def test_main():
+ test_support.run_unittest(OtherTests)
+
+if __name__=='__main__':
+ test_main()