[ python-Bugs-1229380 ] No struct.pack exception for some out of range integers

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Bugs item #1229380, was opened at 2005-06-29 02:30
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Adal Chiriliuc (adalx)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: No struct.pack exception for some out of range integers

Initial Comment:
struct.pack("B", -1) generates an OverflowError
exception since the B format corresponds to the
"unsigned char" type which can have values between 0
and 255.

But struct.pack("I", -1) and struct.pack("L", -1) do
not generate these errors, even if struct.pack("I",
-1L) and struct.pack("L", -1L) do (notice the final L).


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