[issue1533] Bug in range() function for large values

[Robert Bradshaw]

New submission from Robert Bradshaw:

Range accepts arguments coerce-able into ints via __int__, but rejects
arguments coerce-able into longs but to large to fit into an int. 

The problem is in handle_range_longs in bltinmodule.c:1527-1541. If they
type is not an int or long, it should try to make it so before failing
(for consistency with smaller values at least). 

Attached is a file that reproduces this bug.

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components: Interpreter Core, Library (Lib)
files: bad_range.py
messages: 58034
nosy: robertwb
severity: normal
status: open
title: Bug in range() function for large values
type: crash
versions: Python 2.5
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file8839/bad_range.py

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