Small bug in zlib module
Peter Schneider-Kamp
petersc at stud.ntnu.no
Tue Jun 6 12:42:06 EDT 2000
Greg Chapman wrote:
>
> Using Python 1.5.2 (under Windows 98), this script causes python to enter a
> loop in which it progressively allocates larger and larger blocks of memory:
>
> import zlib
> s = zlib.decompress("")
> I assume PyZlib_decompress should have a check for an empty input string and
> (if found) should generate an appropriate exception.
On the current CVS version it immediately (as far as I can see without
looping) returns with an error.
appropriateness-is-another-question-though-ly y'rs Peter
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