[issue3098] sys.sizeof test fails with wide unicode

[Benjamin Peterson]

New submission from Benjamin Peterson <musiccomposition at gmail.com>:

test test_sys failed -- Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/temp/python/trunk/Lib/test/test_sys.py", line 549, in
test_specialtypes
    size2=basicsize + sys.getsizeof(str(s)))
  File "/temp/python/trunk/Lib/test/test_sys.py", line 429, in check_sizeof
    self.assertEqual(result, size2, msg + str(size2))
AssertionError: wrong size for <type 'unicode'>: got 28, expected
50.5109328552

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assignee: schuppenies
components: Interpreter Core
messages: 68102
nosy: benjamin.peterson, schuppenies
priority: critical
severity: normal
status: open
title: sys.sizeof test fails with wide unicode
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.6, Python 3.0

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