[issue14700] Integer overflow in classic string formatting

Mark Dickinson report at bugs.python.org
Mon Apr 30 20:04:13 CEST 2012


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

> But it has to happen on any platform
> with a 32-bit integer

Not necessarily:  it's undefined behaviour, so the compiler can do as it wishes.

Your patch should also address possible overflow of the addition.

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