[issue9579] In 3.x, os.confstr() returns garbage if value is longer than 255 bytes

[STINNER Victor]

STINNER Victor <victor.stinner at haypocalc.com> added the comment:

I just fear that the loop is "endless". Imagine the worst case: confstr() returns a counter (n, n+1, n+2, ...). In 64 bits, it can be long.

I would prefer to see a condition to stop after 2 steps. It should maybe stop when an error at the 3rd step.

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