[Python-Dev] tests failing in 2.2.2

[Guido van Rossum]

> On MacOS 10.2 I'm not getting that far.  In test_builtin it gets into the
> list test then gobbles up all of memory.  It appears the
> list(xrange(sys.maxint/4)) test is the culprit.  This is on 2.2.2 and 2.3.

That's strange -- that test is specifically designed to fail before it
ever gets to allocating memory.  Can you track this down with a
debugger?

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)