Bug #556025: list(xrange(1e9)) --> seg fault
Close the bug report again -- this time for Cygwin due to a newlib bug.
See the following for the details:
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/newlib/2002/msg00369.html
Note that this commit is only a documentation (i.e., comment) change.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_b1.py b/Lib/test/test_b1.py
index f8a3f01..938e76d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_b1.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_b1.py
@@ -534,6 +534,11 @@
# this assumes that the max data size (sys.maxint) == max address size
# this also assumes that the address size is at least 4 bytes
# with 8 byte addresses, the bug is not well tested
+ #
+ # Note: This test is expected to SEGV under Cygwin 1.3.12 or earlier
+ # due to a newlib bug. See the following mailing list thread for the
+ # details:
+ # http://sources.redhat.com/ml/newlib/2002/msg00369.html
list(xrange(sys.maxint / 4))
except MemoryError:
pass