[issue14722] Overflow in parsing 'float' parameters in PyArg_ParseTuple*

[Mark Dickinson]

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

> But values that rounded to DBL_MAX can raise
> OverflowError. In any case it's too difficult to achieve strict behavior
> in this corner case.

Well, PyLong_AsDouble *does* achieve strict behaviour in this corner case :-).  Integers less than 0.5 * (sys.float_info.max + 2**1024) in absolute value give finite results;  integers greater than or equal to that bound produce an OverflowError.

> Take a look at the tests and may be you'll see the system.

I don't see how looking at the tests helps with making a decision about breaking backwards compatibility or not. :-)

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