[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: Fixes test_getargs2 to get the buildbots working again.

[Martin Panter]

On 12 September 2016 at 02:48, Steve Dower <steve.dower at python.org> wrote:
>>   Fixes test_getargs2 to get the buildbots working again.
>
> I'm not sure this is the fix we want to keep here, but it was sufficient to
> get the test going and unblock all the buildbots.
>
> I'm not entirely sure when the break appeared (essentially we seem to not be
> copying *args into a new tuple), but I'd guess it's to do with the fast
> calling improvements.

That seems to be everyone else’s guess too. See
https://bugs.python.org/issue28086 (bug about this failure)
https://bugs.python.org/issue27213 (bisected cause)