[issue14794] slice.indices raises OverflowError

[Ned Deily]

Ned Deily <nad at acm.org> added the comment:

The problem you described is definitely still an issue with 32-bit builds.

$ /usr/local/bin/python3.3
Python 3.3.0a3 (v3.3.0a3:0b53b70a40a0, May  1 2012, 11:39:35) 
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import sys; sys.maxsize
9223372036854775807
>>> slice(0,90000,None).indices(12600000000)
(0, 90000, 1)
$ /usr/local/bin/python3.3-32
Python 3.3.0a3 (v3.3.0a3:0b53b70a40a0, May  1 2012, 11:39:35) 
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import sys; print(sys.maxsize)
2147483647
>>> slice(0,90000,None).indices(12600000000)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
OverflowError: cannot fit 'int' into an index-sized integer

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nosy: +ned.deily
resolution: out of date -> 
stage: committed/rejected -> needs patch
status: closed -> open
versions: +Python 2.7, Python 3.3

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