diff -r 438cdc97d8ee Lib/test/test_format.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_format.py	Mon Aug 05 23:35:43 2013 +0200
+++ b/Lib/test/test_format.py	Tue Aug 06 11:03:25 2013 +0800
@@ -327,12 +327,9 @@
         self.assertIs(text % (), text)
         self.assertIs(text.format(), text)
 
-
-def test_main():
-    support.run_unittest(FormatTest)
-
+    @support.cpython_only
     def test_precision(self):
-        INT_MAX = 2147483647
+        from _testcapi import INT_MAX
 
         f = 1.2
         self.assertEqual(format(f, ".0f"), "1")
@@ -342,10 +339,10 @@
         self.assertEqual(str(cm.exception), "precision too big")
 
         c = complex(f)
-        self.assertEqual(format(f, ".0f"), "1")
-        self.assertEqual(format(f, ".3f"), "1.200")
+        self.assertEqual(format(c, ".0f"), "1+0j")
+        self.assertEqual(format(c, ".3f"), "1.200+0.000j")
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as cm:
-            format(f, ".%sf" % (INT_MAX + 1))
+            format(c, ".%sf" % (INT_MAX + 1))
         self.assertEqual(str(cm.exception), "precision too big")