Index: Lib/test/test_struct.py =================================================================== --- Lib/test/test_struct.py (revision 69418) +++ Lib/test/test_struct.py (working copy) @@ -512,6 +512,10 @@ self.assertRaises(struct.error, s.pack_into, small_buf, 0, test_string) self.assertRaises(struct.error, s.pack_into, small_buf, 2, test_string) + # Test bogus offset (issue 3694) + sb = small_buf + self.assertRaises(TypeError, struct.pack_into, b'1', sb, None) + def test_pack_into_fn(self): test_string = 'Reykjavik rocks, eow!' writable_buf = array.array('c', ' '*100)