[New-bugs-announce] [issue32713] tarfile.itn breaks if n is a negative float

[Joffrey F]

New submission from Joffrey F <f.joffrey at gmail.com>:

Originally reported @ github.com/docker/compose/issues/5618

It seems that tarfile.itn() attempts to execute bitwise operations on a float if the n argument is a negative float, raising a TypeError.

As pointed out in the original report, this is an issue when converting some mtime values in TarInfo._create_header

This also happens for positive floats > 8**11 - 1, but that one is less of an issue for the next two hundred years or so.

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 311173
nosy: j0ffrey
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: tarfile.itn breaks if n is a negative float
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 3.6

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