[pypy-svn] r12050 - pypy/dist/pypy/objspace/std

[arigo at codespeak.net]

Author: arigo
Date: Sat May  7 01:54:13 2005
New Revision: 12050

Modified:
   pypy/dist/pypy/objspace/std/stringobject.py
Log:
Ugh.  On 64-bit machines:

>>> [2] * 1111111111111
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
ValueError: sequence repeat count too large
>>> [2] * 11111111111111111111111111
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
OverflowError: long int too large to convert to int



Modified: pypy/dist/pypy/objspace/std/stringobject.py
==============================================================================
--- pypy/dist/pypy/objspace/std/stringobject.py	(original)
+++ pypy/dist/pypy/objspace/std/stringobject.py	Sat May  7 01:54:13 2005
@@ -898,7 +898,9 @@
     input_len = len(input)
     try:
         buffer = [' '] * ovfcheck(mul*input_len)
-    except (MemoryError,OverflowError):
+    except (MemoryError,OverflowError,ValueError):
+        # ugh. ValueError is what you get on 64-bit machines for
+        # integers in range(2**31, 2**63).
         raise OperationError( space.w_OverflowError, space.wrap("repeated string is too long: %d %d" % (input_len,mul) ))
 
     pos = 0