[issue22939] integer overflow in iterator object
Clement Rouault
report at bugs.python.org
Mon Dec 22 16:36:13 CET 2014
Clement Rouault added the comment:
> > The call to PySequence_GetItem() may be expensive, and we have to drop
> > the result if an OverflowError is raised after the call.
> You do realize that this error will be very rare and therefore inconsequential.
The real question is: why would you call the iterator for a new value if it will be discarded anyway ? I think it could be very misleading to see _getitem__ being called and have an OverflowError being raised afterward.
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