[Python-Dev] VC 7.1 maintenance?

[Guido van Rossum]

[Tim]
> >>test_asynchat fails if you run it a *second* time, from .pyc/.pyo
> >>file instead of from scratch.  This is a known problem with marshal
> >>not knowing how to deal with a float infinity (don't ask).

[Guido]
> > So is someone going to fix it?

[Martin]
> Yes. I'll back-out #957240.

Surely there was a less drastic way to fix that?  sys.maxint is plenty
for an "infinite" timeout...

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