[ python-Bugs-1022953 ] binascii.a2b_hqx("") raises SystemError

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Bugs item #1022953, was opened at 2004-09-06 08:59
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Florian Bauer (bauflo3)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: binascii.a2b_hqx("") raises SystemError

Initial Comment:
I noticed the following on Python 2.2, Python 2.3 and 
Python 2.4a1 with the Windows builds on WinXP and 
Win2000:

>>> import binascii
>>> binascii.a2b_hqx("")

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#12>", line 1, in -toplevel-
    binascii.a2b_hqx("")
SystemError: C:\sf\python\dist23
\src\Objects\stringobject.c:3316: bad argument to 
internal function

The empty string is probably wrong input to a2b_hqx, 
but I think it should raise a ValueError at most, not a 
SystemError.

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