[ python-Bugs-1076790 ] test test_codecs failed

Fri Dec 3 11:43:37 CET 2004

Bugs item #1076790, was opened at 2004-12-01 15:41
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Michal &#268;iha&#345; (nijel)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: test test_codecs failed

Initial Comment:
test test_codecs failed -- Traceback (most recent call
last):
  File
"/usr/src/packages/BUILD/Python-2.4/Lib/test/test_codecs.py",
line 446, in test_nameprep
    raise test_support.TestFailed("Test 3.%d: %s" %
(pos+1, str(e)))
TestFailed: Test 3.5: u'\u0143 \u03b9' != u'\u0144 \u03b9'

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>Comment By: M.-A. Lemburg (lemburg)
Date: 2004-12-03 11:43

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Maybe you should add some hooks to the Py_UNICODE_* macros and
recompile (or run the script in a C debugger).

The difference in output is minimal (\u0143 vs. \u0144) which I
believe hints at a change in the used Unicode DB:

0143;LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH ACUTE;Lu;0;L;004E
0301;;;;N;LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N ACUTE;;;0144;
0144;LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH ACUTE;Ll;0;L;006E
0301;;;;N;LATIN SMALL LETTER N ACUTE;;0143;;0143

The only difference here is the case.

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Comment By: Michal &#268;iha&#345; (nijel)
Date: 2004-12-02 17:38

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I tried towupper and towupper functions for all characters
in failed test and I can see no difference comared to python
ones...

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Comment By: M.-A. Lemburg (lemburg)
Date: 2004-12-02 17:23

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The punycode codec uses the .upper() method on Unicode objects.

Since this method uses Py_UNICODE_TOUPPER(), any difference
in case mapping between the Unicode DB used in Python and the
one used in glibc will be noticable as a result of 
--with-wctype-functions.

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Comment By: Michal &#268;iha&#345; (nijel)
Date: 2004-12-02 17:03

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Compiling without --with-wctype-functions "fixes" this problem.

I still don't see what has wctype functions to do with this.
They are used for operations like is this numeric,
alphanumeric, upper,... I'd like to trace this bug either it
is in Python or glibc, but I still don't know what of glibc
functions do influence this test.

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Comment By: M.-A. Lemburg (lemburg)
Date: 2004-12-02 16:40

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Do you get the same error when compiling without
--with-wctype-functions ?

If not, then we'll just have to close this report as "won't
fix" - the
reason is that we as Python developers don't have control over
what glibc does or does not do. 

Unfortunately, there's not way to disable the failing tests
since 
the configure option is not available to the Python program.

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Comment By: Michal &#268;iha&#345; (nijel)
Date: 2004-12-02 12:07

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Well, glibc 2.3.3 is reportedly using Unicode DB 3.2, so
there must be either bug in it or in Python, I can't tell.
Any idea how to find out?

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Comment By: Pierre (pierre42)
Date: 2004-12-01 22:30

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I have the same problem

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Comment By: Michal &#268;iha&#345; (nijel)
Date: 2004-12-01 19:37

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I understand the question, but I have no idea how to find
this information inside glibc.

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Comment By: M.-A. Lemburg (lemburg)
Date: 2004-12-01 19:33

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The wctype functions must have been built using tables from 
the Unicode code point database. Python's own APIs for this
were built using the Unicode DB 3.2. My question is whether
you know which version the glibc was built from.

It is not surprising that the two tests fail if the underlying 
Unicode DB versions differ.

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Comment By: Michal &#268;iha&#345; (nijel)
Date: 2004-12-01 18:29

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I'm not sure what means "uses", but I found several mentions
of Unicode 3.2 in code and in changelogs.

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Comment By: M.-A. Lemburg (lemburg)
Date: 2004-12-01 18:20

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Ah, now I understand: it is well possible that the Unicode
database versions differ. Python uses version 3.2.

Do you know which version glibc 2.3.3 uses ?

Note that for portability it is usually better not to use wctype
functions.

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Comment By: Michal &#268;iha&#345; (nijel)
Date: 2004-12-01 17:32

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The problem seems to be in glibc, when I remove
--with-wctype-functions, it passes. Or could it be in Python
interface to wctype functions?

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Comment By: Michal &#268;iha&#345; (nijel)
Date: 2004-12-01 17:21

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gcc (GCC) 3.3.4 (pre 3.3.5 20040809)

Yes, I'm building UCS4 version.

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Comment By: M.-A. Lemburg (lemburg)
Date: 2004-12-01 17:16

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Sorry: I misread glibc as gcc. Still, this sounds a lot like
a broken compiler.

BTW, are you building a UCS4 version ?

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Comment By: M.-A. Lemburg (lemburg)
Date: 2004-12-01 17:15

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The tests pass just fine on my machine. 

Is it possible that your compiler is broken ? 
gcc 2.3.3 is *very* old !

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Comment By: Michal &#268;iha&#345; (nijel)
Date: 2004-12-01 16:26

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System information:
i386
kernel 2.6.8
glibc 2.3.3

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Comment By: Michal &#268;iha&#345; (nijel)
Date: 2004-12-01 15:59

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It's clean build root with no other python, so it has no
chance to pickup bad modules.

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Comment By: M.-A. Lemburg (lemburg)
Date: 2004-12-01 15:53

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Please make sure that Python is picking up the correct modules.
You can do so, buy running Python in verbose mode (python -vv).

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