Raise a ValueError when there is data that was not covered in the format string. Done to match behavior of pre-existing C-based strptime implementations.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_strptime.py b/Lib/test/test_strptime.py
index a106a42..2c3955b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_strptime.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_strptime.py
@@ -227,6 +227,10 @@
self.assertRaises(ValueError, _strptime.strptime, data_string="%d",
format="%A")
+ def test_unconverteddata(self):
+ # Check ValueError is raised when there is unconverted data
+ self.assertRaises(ValueError, _strptime.strptime, "10 12", "%m")
+
def helper(self, directive, position):
"""Helper fxn in testing."""
strf_output = time.strftime("%" + directive, self.time_tuple)