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  r79745 | mark.dickinson | 2010-04-04 09:43:04 +0100 (Sun, 04 Apr 2010) | 3 lines

  Issue #8300 (__index__ handling in struct.pack): Remove redundant check
  and improve test coverage.  Thanks Meador Inge for the patch.
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diff --git a/Lib/test/test_struct.py b/Lib/test/test_struct.py
index 2222562..0c8cd2c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_struct.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_struct.py
@@ -269,6 +269,25 @@
                     def __int__(self):
                         return 42
 
+                # Objects with an '__index__' method should be allowed
+                # to pack as integers.  That is assuming the implemented
+                # '__index__' method returns and 'int' or 'long'.
+                class Indexable(object):
+                    def __init__(self, value):
+                        self._value = value
+
+                    def __index__(self):
+                        return self._value
+
+                # If the '__index__' method raises a type error, then
+                # '__int__' should be used with a deprecation warning.
+                class BadIndex(object):
+                    def __index__(self):
+                        raise TypeError
+
+                    def __int__(self):
+                        return 42
+
                 self.assertRaises((TypeError, struct.error),
                                   struct.pack, self.format,
                                   "a string")
@@ -280,17 +299,12 @@
                                   3+42j)
                 self.assertRaises((TypeError, struct.error),
                                   struct.pack, self.format,
-                                  NotAnInt)
+                                  NotAnInt())
+                self.assertRaises((TypeError, struct.error),
+                                  struct.pack, self.format,
+                                  BadIndex())
 
-                # Objects with an '__index__' method should be allowed
-                # to pack as integers.
-                class Indexable(object):
-                    def __init__(self, value):
-                        self._value = value
-
-                    def __index__(self):
-                        return self._value
-
+                # Check for legitimate values from '__index__'.
                 for obj in (Indexable(0), Indexable(10), Indexable(17),
                             Indexable(42), Indexable(100), Indexable(127)):
                     try:
@@ -299,6 +313,13 @@
                         self.fail("integer code pack failed on object "
                                   "with '__index__' method")
 
+                # Check for bogus values from '__index__'.
+                for obj in (Indexable(b'a'), Indexable('b'), Indexable(None),
+                            Indexable({'a': 1}), Indexable([1, 2, 3])):
+                    self.assertRaises((TypeError, struct.error),
+                                      struct.pack, self.format,
+                                      obj)
+
         for code in integer_codes:
             for byteorder in byteorders:
                 if (byteorder in ('', '@') and code in ('q', 'Q') and