#3556: test_raiseMemError consumes an insane amount of memory
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_unicode.py b/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
index b3d6907..5d887ed 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
@@ -1118,14 +1118,9 @@
# when a string allocation fails with a MemoryError.
# This used to crash the interpreter,
# or leak references when the number was smaller.
- try:
- u"a" * (sys.maxint // 2 - 100)
- except MemoryError:
- pass
- try:
- u"a" * (sys.maxint // 2 - 100)
- except MemoryError:
- pass
+ alloc = lambda: u"a" * (sys.maxsize - 100)
+ self.assertRaises(MemoryError, alloc)
+ self.assertRaises(MemoryError, alloc)
def test_main():
test_support.run_unittest(__name__)