similar to SF bug 847019: a quick check in the time() constructor, which
accepts strings only for unpickling reasons. This check prevents the honest
mistake of passing a string like '2:59.0' to time() and getting an insane
object.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_datetime.py b/Lib/test/test_datetime.py
index 9abfb87..27f42c6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_datetime.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_datetime.py
@@ -1830,6 +1830,13 @@
self.assertEqual(dt1.isoformat(), dt2.isoformat())
self.assertEqual(dt2.newmeth(-7), dt1.hour + dt1.second - 7)
+ def test_backdoor_resistance(self):
+ # see TestDate.test_backdoor_resistance().
+ base = '2:59.0'
+ for hour_byte in ' ', '9', chr(24), '\xff':
+ self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.theclass,
+ hour_byte + base[1:])
+
# A mixin for classes with a tzinfo= argument. Subclasses must define
# theclass as a class atribute, and theclass(1, 1, 1, tzinfo=whatever)
# must be legit (which is true for time and datetime).