--- ..\original\trunk\Lib\Queue.py	2008-02-11 11:58:59.551231300 +0100
+++ Lib\Queue.py	2008-02-21 09:30:28.986860500 +0100
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
             import threading
         except ImportError:
             import dummy_threading as threading
+        try:
+            int(maxsize)
+        except (TypeError, AttributeError, ValueError): # grumph
+            raise ValueError('maxsize should be an integer')
         self.maxsize = maxsize
         self._init(maxsize)
         # mutex must be held whenever the queue is mutating.  All methods
@@ -100,7 +104,7 @@
     def full(self):
         """Return True if the queue is full, False otherwise (not reliable!)."""
         self.mutex.acquire()
-        n = 0 < self.maxsize == self._qsize()
+        n = 0 < int(self.maxsize) == self._qsize()
         self.mutex.release()
         return n
 
@@ -117,18 +121,19 @@
         """
         self.not_full.acquire()
         try:
-            if self.maxsize > 0:
+            maxsize = int(self.maxsize)
+            if maxsize > 0:
                 if not block:
-                    if self._qsize() == self.maxsize:
+                    if self._qsize() == maxsize:
                         raise Full
                 elif timeout is None:
-                    while self._qsize() == self.maxsize:
+                    while self._qsize() == maxsize:
                         self.not_full.wait()
                 elif timeout < 0:
                     raise ValueError("'timeout' must be a positive number")
                 else:
                     endtime = _time() + timeout
-                    while self._qsize() == self.maxsize:
+                    while self._qsize() == maxsize:
                         remaining = endtime - _time()
                         if remaining <= 0.0:
                             raise Full