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

[Mark Dickinson]

Mark Dickinson <dickinsm at gmail.com> added the comment:

> Hmm, maybe there is a 2.7 bug here after all:

Yes, indeed!  Which is why I was suggesting 'wont fix' rather than 'out of date' :)

The bltinmodule2.diff patch from Robert causes a segfault in test_builtin on my system;  I haven't looked at the patch itself properly, but there's likely some refcounting problem.

The patch also lacks tests.

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